Governor Cuomo announced on Thursday that roughly 21% or one in five New York City residents tested positive to having COVID-19 antibodies as part of the a statewide study launched earlier this week.

According to the preliminary results, individuals who tested positive for the antibodies were disproportionately black, latino and hispanic. With results showing over 22% of individuals in the aformentioned groups testing positive for the antibodies while only 9.1% of white identifying participants tested positive for antibodies.   

During the press conference Cuomo anounced, “We have undertaken the largest most comprehensive study of New York State to find out what is the infection rate.”