Initial COVID-19 infection rate may be 80 times greater than originally reported

Tuesday, June 23, 2020 - 17:30 in Health & Medicine

Many epidemiologists believe that the initial COVID-19 infection rate was undercounted due to testing issues, asymptomatic and alternatively symptomatic individuals, and a failure to identify early cases. Now, a new study from Penn State estimates that the number of early COVID-19 cases in the U.S. may have been more than 80 times greater and doubled […]

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