NEW YORK.- An analysis carried out in NY let it be seen that many more New Yorkers contracted the coronavirus from those confirmed with laboratory tests. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo reported that an analysis of 3,000 people showed that almost 14% presented antibodies to Covid-19, which suggested that 2.7 million residents across the state may have been infected.
Cuomo cautioned that the data was preliminary and that the sample of people analyzed was small. Participants were hastily recruited from shopping malls and supermarkets, which means they were healthy enough to leave their homes.
However, the governor said knowing how many people already had antibodies and who are possibly immune to the virus could help establish policy on when to reopen parts of the state. “We will have a larger and larger sample, but I want to have pictures of what happens with that rate. Does it go up, does it stay stable, does it go down? And it can really give us data to make decisions“Cuomo said.
Hours earlier, the New York City Health Commissioner said that up to one million people would have been exposed to the coronavirus. More than 263,000 people in the city tested positive for the virus“But that really, I think, is just the tip of the iceberg,” said Dr. Oxiris Barbot.
Meanwhile, he also indicated that the city keeps asking those who believe they have the virus, but that they are not seriously ill, that refrain from requesting evidence, which is why the actual number of patients is unknown. “I would not be surprised if there are probably a million New Yorkers who have been exposed to Covid-19 right now,” he reflected.
NEW: The first phase of results from a statewide antibody study are in.We collected approximately 3,000 antibody samples from 40 locations in 19 counties.Preliminary estimates show a 13.9% infection rate.&?? Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo)
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Another 438 people died of the virus in New York state yesterday, putting the official total of deaths above 15,700. That number does not include another 5,100 deaths in New York City that are believed to be caused by the virus, but do not have confirmation from laboratory tests.
At the beginning of the pandemic, experts estimated that up to half of the city’s population would be infected with the coronavirus. Mayor Bill de Blasio reported that this projection is still in effect, but warned that it is impossible to know given the lack of a comprehensive and comprehensive system of diagnostic tests. “We are still in the midst of great uncertainty given the absence of tests. We do not even know for sure when the cases of the disease began to multiply in the city because there were no tests in February,” de Blasio acknowledged.
AP Agency and Reuters
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