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Scientists say New York City likely had COVID-19 infections in February, weeks earlier than official data suggests

Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, may have been present in New York City in mid-February, according to a study published Tuesday in theScientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai Health System found antibodies to the virus in blood plasma samples from mid-February.

Around one in five New York City residents had been infected by the virus by late May, the researchers said.SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, may have been circulating in New York City in mid-February, new research has suggested — weeks earlier than previously thought. Researchers identified antibodies for the virus in blood plasma samples taken from a small population during the week of February 23, according to a study published on Tuesday inThis is a week before the first case of COVID-19 was identified on February 29, at the city's Mount Sinai Hospital. The case was then confirmed on March 1, and infections in the city rocketed in mid-March.

The scientists used more than 10,000 plasma samples from patients at Mount Sinai Hospital to analyze SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in weekly intervals, from the beginning of February to July 2020. The samples were collected for research and the team didn't begin their analysis until mid-March. Around one in five New York City residents had been infected by the virus by late May, the researchers found.

 

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