Less Than 2% of Wisconsin Residents Had COVID-19 Antibodies
Wednesday, September 30th, 2020 -- 9:05 AM
(AP) -Less than 2 percent of Wisconsin residents had antibodies to the virus that causes COVID-19 as of July, based on early results of a new study.The study was conducted by the state Department of Health Services, the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Survey of the Health of Wisconsin, or SHOW, and the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene.
Preliminary results were released Tuesday. The study tested 1,056 people and of those, 1.6% were positive for the antibodies, indicating that they had been previously infected, even if they didn't have symptoms.
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