US coronavirus cases are probably 10 times higher than the official numbers, more and more research suggests

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• The true number of coronavirus cases may be more than 10 times higher than official tallies in many parts of the US, a new CDC study found.
• MIT researchers estimated last month that US cases were eight times higher than the official tally.
• The bulk of underreporting likely happened in March, but testing shortages and delays are still causing some cases to be missed. 
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The US has by far the largest coronavirus outbreak in the world, but its 4 million reported infections are a small fraction of the true case total.

A new model from the COVID-19 response team at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that coronavirus cases are probably more than 10 times higher than the total tally in many parts of the country. 

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