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CDC launches studies to get more precise count of undetected Covid-19 cases

The CDC has begun preliminary studies to try to flesh out the portion of #Covid19 cases that have evaded detection.
Source: David Goldman/AP

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has begun preliminary studies to try to determine how many Americans have already been infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, an agency official revealed Saturday. On Friday, the agency said nearly 240,000 people in the country have been infected with the virus and nearly 5,500 have died.

Joe Bresee, deputy incident manager for the CDC’s pandemic response, said the agency hopes to flesh out

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