Random antibody testing in New York City shows that as many as 2.7 million New Yorkers — 1 in 5 — have probably already had COVID-19. While questions on the reliability of antibody testing have arisen, state health officials said they’d use a “high bar” for determining positive results for these tests.
This also supports other news that the COVID-19 mortality rate is drastically lower than originally projected, somewhat consistent with flu death rates of 0.1%.
Sources:
The New York Times April 23, 2020
Reason April 21, 2020