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Northeastern University model suggests Boston’s coronavirus outbreak began much earlier than previously thought

“Boston was one of the first cities in the country to detect a case of the virus. On Feb. 1, a student at the University of Massachusetts Boston who had recently traveled from Wuhan, China, tested positive. For over a month, his was the only confirmed case in the city. But according to the Northeastern projections, more than 100 people in Boston had likely been exposed to the virus by mid-February. By March 1, five days before the city changed its official count to four coronavirus cases, the virus may have been transmitted 2,335 times.”

(https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/28/metro/new-model-shows-bostons-coronavirus-outbreak-began-much-earlier-than-previously-thought/)