The US has probably only counted about 10% of people infected with coronavirus, according to CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield.
Healthcare workers from University of South Florida Health administer coronavirus testing at the Lee Davis Community Resource Center in Tampa, Florida on June 25. Octavio Jones/Getty Images
The CDC has been looking at antibody tests done across the country to see how many people had past infections that were not diagnosed at the time, and sees many more cases than have been officially reported.With more than 2 million official diagnoses, that would mean more than 20 million Americans have been infected.
“The estimates that we have right now … is that's about 10 times more people have antibody,” Redfield said.
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