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It has been suggested that the new type of coronavirus (Covid-19) may have infected 10 times more people than the official figures announced in Wuhan, China, where it appeared.
According to the CNN report; The results of a study conducted by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention were examined.
In the study, 34,000 people from the provinces of Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong, Ciangsu, Sichuan and Liaoning, as well as the epicenter of the epidemic, the city of Wuhan and other cities in Hubey province, in order to estimate the rates of actual cases one month after the first wave of Covid-19 in China was brought under control. a blood sample was taken.
Prevalence rate 4.43 percent
Experts noted that the prevalence rate for Covid-19 antibodies was 4.43 percent in those who lived in Wuhan, a metropolis of 11 million, and this rate remained at 0.44 for those who were tested in other cities. from Hubey State.
Among more than 12,000 people tested in other cities and states, only 2 people had Covid-19 antibodies.
The researchers deduced that the antibody prevalence rate of 4.43 found in Wuhan residents would mean 10 times the official figures in the city at that time, meaning 500,000 people could have contracted Covid-19.
The Vuhan Municipality Health Commission announced that the number of Covid-19 cases in the city was 50,354.
