Second bouts of COVID-19 are rare, though people 65 years and older may be at higher risk of reinfection than younger ones, a study from Denmark suggests.

The first documented coronavirus reinfection was reported in August 2020, immediately sparking questions over how common such cases might be (SN: 8/24/20). Studies in health care workers, a group at high risk of exposure to the coronavirus, suggest that previously infected people are protected for at least five months after their first round of COVID-19. But reinfection rates in broader communities have been less clear.

Of 11,068 people who tested positive for the coronavirus during Denmark’s first COVID-19 surge from March to May 2020, only 72, or 0.65 percent, tested positive a few months later during another wave of infections that began in September, researchers report March 17 in the Lancet. But of more than 514,000 people who tested negative in the spring, 16,819, or 3.27 percent, were infected during the fall surge.

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