NY releases figures estimating 14 percent of population, 20 percent in NYC, has had COVID-19

Preliminary data shows about 13.9 percent of the population of New York state — about 2.7 million people — have at some point been infected with coronavirus.

About 3,000 people were randomly tested at grocery stores and other public locations to allow officials to get a broader sense of how widely the virus has spread in New York  and how many people could now have immunity.

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The data indicates the COVID-19 death rate in New York is about 0.5 percent.

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Article URL : https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/494324-27m-new-yorkers-have-had-coronavirus-preliminary-data-shows