1 in 4 Americans Hadn’t Contracted COVID by the End of 2022, CDC Estimates
By Mary Kekatos
According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data, an analysis of blood donation samples reveals that 77.5% of Americans aged 16 and older had COVID-19 antibodies in December 2022, up from an estimated 48.8% in January 2022. When including donors with antibodies from vaccines, infections, or a combination, the percentage of the population with antibodies increased to approximately 96.7%. Americans aged 65 and older, however, had the lowest levels of antibodies from prior infection as an age group at just 56.5%, compared to teens and young adults at 87.1%. The analysis includes data on seroprevalence, or the presence of antibodies in the blood, from 47 states and the District of Columbia.
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