Antibody study finds more than half of Americans have had COVID-19 infections

58 per cent of the U.S. population have been infected with COVID-19 after the Omicron surge

Following the record surge in COVID-19 cases during the Omicron-driven wave, some 58 per cent of the U.S. population overall and more than 75 per cent of younger children have been infected with the coronavirus since the start of the pandemic, according to a U.S. nationwide blood survey released on Tuesday.

In children aged 11 and younger, 75.2 per cent were positive for infection-related antibodies from December to February, up from 44.2 per cent in the prior three month period. The CDC stressed that vaccination remains the safest strategy for preventing complications from COVID-19. Overall, U.S. COVID-19 infections have reached 80.8 million, with a 22.7 per cent increase over the last week, and hospital admissions rose 6.6 per cent from the prior week.

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