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More New Yorkers exposed to coronavirus than numbers suggest, antibody survey says

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NEW YORK — More evidence is emerging that far more New Yorkers have had the coronavirus than the number confirmed by lab tests, officials said Thursday.

A state survey of about 3,000 people found that nearly 14 per cent had antibodies, suggesting they had been exposed to the virus, Gov.

Andrew Cuomo said at his daily news briefing. In New York City, the epicenter of the pandemic in the U.S., 21 per cent of the people tested had antibodies.

Cuomo cautioned that the data was preliminary. The sample of people tested was small. Participants were hastily recruited at shopping centers and grocery stores, which meant they were healthy enough to be out in public.

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