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3 Times More Los Angeles Residents Infected With Covid Than Previously Reported, Says Study

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A new state study suggests the number of people in Los Angeles County who have been infected with Covid-19 during the pandemic is far greater than the number confirmed through standard testing.

That’s due largely to the number of people who never developed symptoms and so never got tested, or who couldn’t access tests, L.A.

County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said today.The research, based on results of antibody tests performed on a control group then extrapolated across the overall population, found that between May and June of last year, there were actually three times more adults infected with Covid-19 than the county reported based on confirmed test results.

Among children, the numbers were even more dramatic, suggesting five times more children were actually infected than testing confirmed.“The researchers estimated that at the time of the study, which was back in late spring of 2021, 30% of L.A.

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