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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo revealed Thursday that initial results from a coronavirus antibody study reveal the statewide infection rate is 13.9 percent, which would indicate around 2.7 million locals might have carried the illness.
The 3,000 samples were collected from 40 sites in 19 counties, according to Cuomo, and recommended the infection rate is as high as 21.2 percent in places like New York City.
” These are individuals who were infected and who established the antibodies to fight the infection,” Cuomo said. ” They had the virus, they established the antibodies and they are now ‘recuperated’.”
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The governor says the testing was carried out at websites established outside locations like grocery and box shops.
” These are individuals who were out and about shopping,” Cuomo said. “They were not individuals who remained in their home, they are not people who are isolated, they are not individuals who are quarantined — who you could argue probably had a lower rate of infection due to the fact that they would not come out of your home.”
Almost 70 percent of the overall testing was carried out in the areas of Westchester, New York City and Long Island.
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In Long Island, the positive rate was 16.7 percent, while the favorable rate in Westchester/Rockland Counties and the rest of the state was 117 and 3.6 percent, respectively.
New York City likewise reported 438 additional coronavirus deaths Thursday.
