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COVID-19 Infections are Often Asymptomatic

COVID-19 Infections are Often Asymptomatic

The study team examined 16 different studies from around the world. The datasets analyzed included information on nursing home residents, cruise ship passengers, prison inmates, and other groups of people enclosed in a place. In all these groups, a large proportion of infected people had no symptoms. In one extreme example, among more than 3,000 prison inmates in four states who tested positive for the coronavirus, about 96 percent were asymptomatic.

The review study further suggests that asymptomatic people may be able to spread the infection

Read more here – https://www.scripps.edu/news-and-events/press-room/2020/20200609-oran-asymptomatic-infection.html