Delhi Congress accused the AAP Government of “hiding” actual data of people infected with coronavirus in Delhi saying that the number is far ahead of what the government is showing.

Congress Delhi unit president Anil Kumar said it is very strange that Delhi Government’s data shows a lesser number of Corona positive cases despite the Capital jumping to the first position among cities in the country.

Kumar also questioned the reliability of ‘Rapid Antigen Test’ (RAT) saying that the Delhi Government is relying heavily on RAT but its results are dubious.

“From June 19 to July 15, 2020 the RAT accounted for 70 per cent (2,81,555 cases) in Delhi with a positive rate of 6.92 per cent while the 30 per cent RT-PCR tests (1,20,505 cases) gave a positivity rate of 36.34 per cent which clearly shows the upward swing of Corona cases in the Capital,” he said.

Shockingly, 18 per cent of the RAT negative cases turned positive when tested at RT-PCR, he said.

Rapid Antigen Test being conducted in Delhi is not a fool-proof method to determine the positive cases compared to the RT-PCR tests, he said adding that the government should follow-up all negative Rapid Antigen Tests with RT-PCR tests to determine the exact number of Covid-affected in the Capital.

Congress vice- president Jai Kishan said that experts have also admitted that rapid antigen tests used to conduct tests at a large scale to get fast response.

“The negative cases should not lull the AAP Government into a false sense of security, as the pandemic may surge suddenly,” he said.