CDC: More than half of Americans have been infected with COVID-19

Boxes of KN95 protective masks are stacked together before being distributed to students at Camden High School in Camden, N.J., Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022. According to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Tuesday, April 26, 2022, three out of every four U.S. children have been infected with COVID-19. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

More than half of all Americans now have antibodies pointing to a previous infection of COVID-19, according to results from a new study at the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The new CDC analysis estimates that at least three out of every five Americans have antibodies indicating a prior COVID-19 infection.

This is up over the rate fueled by the Omicron surge over the winter, when around one-third of Americans were identified as having signs of a previous COVID-19 infection.