Twenty-six percent of Americans personally know someone who has contracted the coronavirus, according to a Monmouth University poll released on Monday.
Whites, at 5% were much less likely to have someone in their family with coronavirus than were Latinos or those of another race (12%).
Eighty-three percent of Americans are concerned that someone in their family will get the coronavirus, including 50% who said they are “very concerned.”
Other results from the survey include:
- 89% said the virus has had an impact on their daily lives, including 62% who said it has had a “major impact,” while only 10% said it had no impact.
- 41% reported a loss in income and more than 20% said they have had difficulties paying their bills.
- 27% said either they or someone else in their household have lost their job because of the pandemic.
- 25% said they feel more lonely since the outbreak, 7% feel less lonely, and 68% say there has been no change in that area.
- 77% said they have not been going out to stores and businesses as often as they usually did before the outbreak
- Despite the grim situation, 69% said they are “very hopeful” things will return to pre-coronavirus standards once the pandemic ends, while another 26% said they are “somewhat hopeful."
The Monmouth poll surveyed 857 American adults by telephone from April 3-7. It has a margin of error of +/- 3.4 percentage points.
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