Antibody Tests Show Nearly 14 Percent
of New Yorkers Likely Had COVID-19 According to Governor Andrew Cuomo, the
random tests involved 3,000 people in 19 counties. They came a few days after the FDA
approved antibody tests for New York, which would let the state see exactly
how many have been infected. The tests were meant to determine if the subjects
previously had coronavirus and then recovered from it. This would mean they had antibodies
needed to fight off the disease. Andrew Cuomo, via
press briefing Andrew Cuomo, via press briefing The people tested were at shopping locations
and grocery stores, which Cuomo said may
be the reason for the high percentage. Andrew Cuomo, via
press briefing Cuomo added that the test sample's
data is "preliminary, but significant."
