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Shock finding: Has Australia really had 60,000 undiagnosed COVID-19 cases? – Yahoo News Australia
A preliminary study estimated 71,000 Australians had COVID by mid-July, a difference of more than 60,000 if compared to the official numbers.
A preliminary study, posted online this week by researchers at the Australian National University and elsewhere, estimates 71,000 Australians had COVID-19 by mid-July 60,000 more than official number of cases diagnosed by that stage.
The study involved testing 2,991 elective surgery patients in ten hospitals across four states, to see whether they had antibodies against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
The study initially found 41 positive patients (1.4%), but then adjusted for the …
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