As Many as 1 of 4 With New Virus From China Never Show Symptoms: CDC Director

A woman wears a mask as she crosses an empty street near the Los Angeles Convention Center in downtown Los Angeles, California, on March 30, 2020. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images

Up to 25 percent of those who contract the CCP virus may never show symptoms, one of the top public health officials in the United States asserted this week.

Over 177,000 COVID-19 cases were recorded in the country as of Tuesday afternoon, according to Johns Hopkins University, though a number of patients have fully recovered. The new disease is caused by the CCP (Communist Chinese Party) virus, commonly known as the novel coronavirus.