How Many Times Can You Get COVID-19?

Can you get reinfected with the coronavirus? Yes, it's definitely possible to get COVID-19 more than once. As more variants emerge, reinfections only become more likely because those variants can potentially evade the immune protection you already have. "If you had delta, you can get omicron — definitely," Dr. Bernard Camins, medical director for infection prevention at the Mount Sinai Health System, told TODAY. Whether or not you'll be reinfected — and how many times you'll be reinfected — depends on a few factors, the first key is variants. Next is the community level of protection and spread. Learn more here.