The CDC estimates that there have been more than 140 million COVID-19 infections in the United States – almost DOUBLE the official figure of 74 million
- The CDC estimates that 140 million Americans have been infected with Covid, 43% of the population
- That would mean that America has suffered about twice as many as official cases out of a total of 74 million
- Wisconsin has the highest predicted infection rate of 56%, while Vermont has the lowest of 18%
- Many cases are likely to be missed by official censuses due to a lack of tests and asymptomatic cases that have not been reported.
The true number of Covid infections in the United States may be double official figures, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports.
The agency estimates that there were 140 million COVID-19 cases in the United States since the arrival of the virus in America in early 2020 until now.
The official CDC data, last updated on January 31, lists at least 74 million cases. Johns Hopkins University, which updates the number of Covid cases several times a day, has registered 79 million cases.
Due to the lack of tests, especially at the beginning of the pandemic and during Omicron increase, asymptomatic cases and people who have a positive test at home and then never report their case to employees, experts have long known that Covid cases are drastically underestimated.
The CDC reports that the actual number of Americans infected with Covid is probably 140 million, nearly half the U.S. population and nearly double the official figure of more than 70 million. Wisconsin has the highest estimated infection rate of 56%
Experts believe many cases may have been missed by official censuses due to a lack of tests and asymptomatic cases that have not been reported.
The CDC collects this type of data using seroprevalence estimates, where it works with local health authorities and officials in regions around America to assess how many people are immune to Covid without the vaccine.
Data from 46 of the 50 states, Washington and Puerto Rico were collected for the assessment. Arizona, Nevada, North Dakota and Utah were the states that were not included.
After analyzing the findings, the CDC reports that as of January 31, 140,018,000 people were infected in the United States.
That’s just under half of the nation’s total population, 43 percent, and almost double the official number of cases – which also includes re-infections.
Wisconsin had the highest infection rate, with 56 percent of the state’s population likely to have caught Covid at some point in the past two years.
In total, more than half of the population in 13 US states was likely to be infected with the virus.
Vermont reported the lowest infection rate, according to the CDC, with less than 18 percent of residents infected with the virus.
Serious underestimation of Covid’s cases has long been expected by health experts, as currently only people who have been professionally tested or are receiving a PCR test are included in the figures.
There are also a lot of people who may know they’re sick, probably from Covid, and just don’t bother to get tested.
About a third of Covid’s cases are also asymptomatic, which means that a person may be actively infected and have no idea.
A study since last June, it has found that New York has probably managed to count only one in four cases since Covid’s first jump, which hit the city in the spring of 2021.
Another study published in July found that up to 66 percent of Covid ‘s cases in the first year of the pandemic were likely to be reported.
Although the cases were underestimated, it is extremely unlikely that the deaths were counted in the same way.
Redundancy data released by the CDC show that about one million additional deaths were reported by America during the pandemic compared to previous years.
The nation has written one million super-deaths during last year. Just over 90 percent may be due to the virus itself, with additional factors such as an increase in cancer deaths and heart disease also playing a role.