These many Americans may have been able to have coronavirus and did not know it, declares CDC
As a case in the United States peak in, officials estimate a perale number of people have been infected without knowing it.
Following a record number of cases reported in one day, American health officials say that a very large number of Americans maybeinfected with coronavirus without knowing. According to the data ofJohn Hopkins UniversityNearly 40,000 new cases of coronavirus were reported in the United States on Thursday, June 25 as one day, a record previously established on April 24 The Alarming Pic on the same day, the total number of cases of the United States At more than 2.4 million since the pandemic has started, but according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),The actual number is 10 times greater than that. Friday, June 26, Director of the CDC,Robert Redfield, Told CNN that the test antibody tests show thatMore than 20 million Americans have been infected with the coronavirus, many of them without knowing it.
When he came to the results of the whole countryAntibody tests-What analyzes a person's blood to detect any sign that their immune system responded to an infection, indicating whether or not they had COVID-19 REDFIELD said of undiagnosed cases, "a good approximate estimate is now 10 to 1. "He explained that between five percent and eight percent of the Americans were infected with the coronavirus, which means at least 90 percent of people in the United States have not been infected and therefore Stay sensitive to the virus.
The narcotic revelation came after the states such as Arizona, Texas and New Mexico announced that they werePut plans on the reopening break to attempt to contain the propagation. Some medical experts, however, say that these efforts will not cut it and much more drastic measures must be taken.
Speaking at CNN Friday morning,Peter Hotez, MD, from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, said the country is in a "heartbreaking situation" and which requires immediate action. "We have to save lives at that moment," he added.
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The rise in case numbers have been reported throughout the country since states begin reopening, significantlyPick up steam after Memorial Day, As some doctors predicted.
"Every epidemiologist said, shout as much as possible, that three weeks after the Memorial Day, we would have a peak in cases and five weeks after the Memorial Day had started to see a peak of hospitalizations and deaths," epidemiologistLarry Brilliant told CNN. "If you leave everyone without masks and without social distancing in the middle of a pandemic, here is what has been predicted. And to learn more about what motivates the latest COVID-19 homes, seeThis thing spreads coronavirus faster than anything else.