STUDY: Over half of persons with Covid-19 don’t know how they got it

Cory Stieg@CORYSTIEG

The Centers for Disease Control says a new survey found that 54% of people who tested positive for Covid-19 couldn’t pinpoint how they contracted the virus. The remaining 46% of respondents could recall having close contact with a person — commonly a family member or coworker — who was also diagnosed with Covid-19.

Officials with the CDC said these findings are “very concerning,” and suggest that people are likely contracting Covid-19 from people in their community who are asymptomatic, Dr. Joshua Barocas, infectious disease physician and assistant professor at Boston University School of Medicine, said.

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