An estimated 13.9% of New Yorkers have likely had Covid-19, according to preliminary results of coronavirus antibody testing released by Gov. Cuomo today.
While Covid-19 deaths across the state have begun to level off, the "number of lives lost is still breathtakingly tragic," Cuomo said. The state's mortality rates remains persistently high, at 7.4% with at least 19,453 fatalities and 263,754 confirmed cases, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. The antibody testing indicates that the actual death rate is far lower, less than 1%, Cuomo said.
While Cuomo cautioned that the data was preliminary, he also said the 3,000 test sample was a "significant data set."
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