(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Preliminary statistics show that nearly 14% of test subjects in New York State carry antibodies against New Coronavirus
China News Service, New York, April 23 (Reporter Madelin) New York Governor Andrew Como said on the 23rd that the state's first stage of the new coronavirus antibody test results showed that about 13.9% of the testees in the state carried antibodies; About 21.2% of the test subjects in the city had antibodies.
Como held a press conference in Albany, the capital of New York State. He said this data is based on preliminary statistics of antibody testing conducted in New York State in the past two days. The staff randomly selected approximately 3,000 volunteers for testing in 40 locations in 19 counties in New York State, of which approximately 1,300 were in New York City.
Como said that if this result is accurate and can reflect the overall situation, it means that about 2.7 million people in New York State are infected with the new coronavirus. According to Johns Hopkins University data, as of noon on the 23rd, the number of confirmed infections in New York State is close to 264,000.
In New York State on the 22nd, there were 438 new deaths due to new coronary pneumonia, a decrease of 36 from the previous day, and less than 400 people for the fourth consecutive day; the number of newly hospitalized new coronary pneumonia patients remained at around 1,360 for three consecutive days. Como said that the New York State epidemic has entered a decline, and the question now is how fast. New York City Mayor Bai Sihao said on the same day that New York City had 227 new inpatients on the 21st, a decrease of 25 from the 20th; the number of intensive care patients was 796, a decrease of 25 from the 20th. Less than 800 people.
The New York Times reported that researchers at Northeastern University estimated that when New York reported the first confirmed diagnosis of a new coronavirus infection in early March, more than 10,000 infected people in the state might not be found. At the same time, there may be more than 2300 infected people in Boston and Seattle, about 3300 in Chicago, and about 9300 in San Francisco.
The New York Times said that this estimation model includes all possible infections, including those with moderate to mild symptoms and asymptomatic infections. The model estimates may be inaccurate, but other researchers say Northeastern University ’s conclusions are generally consistent with their research. The researchers believe that these data indicate that if the United States rushes to release the prevention and control measures, the possibility of the new crown epidemic spreading again is extremely high.
According to Johns Hopkins University data, as of noon on the 23rd, nearly 846,000 people were diagnosed with infection in the United States and nearly 47,000 died. (Finish)