Nearly half a million Wuhan residents may have been infected with coronavirus - almost 10 times the city's official number of confirmed cases - a study by China's Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests. The study focused on 34,000 people in Wuhan as well as in other cities to estimate infection rates, CNN reported. Among residents in Wuhan, home to some 11 million people, researchers found an antibody prevalence rate of 4.43 per cent. Nearly half a million Wuhan residents may have been infected with coronavirus - almost 10 times the city's official number of confirmed cases - a study by China's Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests. The city's Municipal Health Commission has reported a total of 50,354 confirmed cases, according to CNN.

Source: Daily Mail December 29, 2020 17:03 UTC