By Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway Critic As many as one in five residents of New York City appear to have tested positive for antibodies to the coronavirus, Gov.
Andrew Cuomo said today. If the preliminary results prove correct, approximately 1.7 million New Yorkers have been exposed to the virus and survived.
The larger-than-anticipated figure – representing 21.2% of New York City residents – could indicate that the death rate for those exposed might be much lower than previously believed.
At his daily press briefing, Cuomo said that 3,000 residents of New York State were recently tested for antibodies at 40 locations over a two-day period.
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