But there has to be thousands of infected people who are not included in that number because it’s been nearly impossible to get tested in NYS for the past month.
Once testing becomes more available all these high percentages will go down
It’s been hard to get tested if you don’t have the symptoms, and you haven’t come into contact with a known case or area. Things are undoubtedly more wild now, but nationally (mostly NYC and Washington State), only 40% of identified cases were community-spread as of last Monday, so a large multiplier is likely to be only recent.
I work in an industry where I deal, face to face, with Chinese clients every day. 2 1/2 weeks ago I believed I showed many of the symptoms and called the state hotline to see if I could get tested. I was told no, since my symptoms were mild. Since then 2 other co worker have the same symptoms that I do. No testing for them either.