Where You Live Really Matters Regarding COVID-19 Infection Rates

About 9% of US residents have been infected with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, according to a study led by California-based Stanford School of Medicine investigators.

The Stanford study announced on September 28, 2020, showed a wide variation in prevalence by neighborhood, ethnicity, income level, and population density. And living in densely populated areas translated to a 10-fold higher risk of getting the disease than living in low-density areas.

This new study also showed a remarkable variation by US state, such as 33.6% of the population of New York had antibodies, whereas in Pennsylvania, it was 6.4%, and in California, it was only 3.8%