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Ten times more people than previously thought may have already acquired immunity to coronavirus, according to a groundbreaking study in Germany. On Monday, scientists from the University of Bonn said their findings showed that 1.8 million people across Germany had already been infected with the virus. That is more than 10 times as many as have tested positive so far, and would mean more than 1.6 million may have been infected and recovered without knowing it. The findings are based on the first comprehensive study of the effects of the virus on a single community in Gangelt, the town at the epicentre of Germany’s first major outbreak. As reported by The Telegraph, the study's initial findings last month suggested the fatality rate in Gangelt was much lower than previously thought at just 0.37 per cent. The study's authors now believe this is the general fatality rate for the virus and that it can be used to extrapolate the total number of undetected infections from the death toll.
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