56% people infected with Omicron didn't know it: Study

The findings, published in JAMA Network Open, showed that only 44 per cent of participants with newly positive SARS-CoV-2 antibodies had awareness of being infected with the virus. The majority (56 per cent) were unaware of any recent Covid-19 infection.

Omicron Variant Of COVID-19

The majority of people who were likely infected with the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, did not know they had the virus, according to a new study.