Point prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 and infection fatality rate in Orleans and Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, May 9-15, 2020

• DOI: 10.1101/2020.06.23.20138321
• Publication Date: 2020-06-24T18:57:17Z
• Authors: Amy K Feehan; Daniel Fort; Julia Garcia-Diaz; Eboni Price-Haywood; Cruz Velasco; Eric Sapp; Dawn Pevey; Leonardo Seoane
• Keywords: Case fatality rate; 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak; Prevalence

Abstract Using a novel recruitment method to reduce selection bias with paired molecular and antibody testing for SARS-CoV-2 infection, we determined point prevalence in racially diverse municipality. Infections were highly variable by ZIP differed race. Overall census-weighted was 7.8% the calculated infection fatality rate 1.63%.