Government experts believe more than 20 million Americans could have contracted the coronavirus, 10 times more than official counts, indicating many people without symptoms have or have had the disease, senior administration officials said.
FILE PHOTO: Emergency workers walk past an ambulance parked at Houston Methodist Hospital, amid the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease , in Houston, Texas, U.S., June 22, 2020. REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare
The officials, speaking to a small group of reporters on Wednesday night, said the estimate was based on the number of known cases, between 2.3 million and 2.4 million, multiplied by the average rate of antibodies seen from the serology tests, about an average of 10 to 1. If true, the estimate would suggest the percentage of U.S. deaths from the disease is lower than thought. More than 120,000 Americans have died from the disease since the pandemic erupted earlier this year.
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