Ars Technica reports:
An estimated 140 million people in the US—around 43 percent—have had COVID-19, according to the latest analysis by the CDC using data from the end of January.
The estimate of people infected with COVID-19 is nearly double the CDC’s cumulative tally of cases reported at the end of January, which totaled around 74 million.
These numbers are expected to differ because many COVID-19 cases are not detected or reported—i.e., people may not get tested at all, or they take a home test that is not reported. That means official case counts are expected to be a significant undercount of actual infections.
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43% of Americans—140 million—have had COVID, CDC estimates https://t.co/IecPhSNmDD by @BethMarieMole
— Ars Technica (@arstechnica) March 1, 2022