Coronavirus cases are likely 10 to 20 times higher in US than reported, ex-FDA chief Gottlieb says
is likely significantly higher — as much 10 or even 20 times higher — than the tally of Covid-19 infections currently being reported, a former top federal health official said Tuesday.said during an interview with CNBC's "Squawk Box."
"We're probably diagnosing 1 in 10 to 1 in 20 infections, and that's what some of the reliable analyses are now showing," he said. , which estimated that the number of actual cases there is between 28 and 55 times greater than than the number of confirmed cases, which as of Monday was just under 8,000.
Gottlieb cautioned Tuesday that the LA analysis, and another study conducted in California, are claiming an ability to accurately detect antibodies that is "higher than any test on the market."
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