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. 2020 Apr 18;728:138764. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138764

Table 3.

Number of SARS-CoV-2 infected persons and prevalence in the treatment catchment basin as estimated by viral RNA copies detection in wastewater and Monte Carlo simulation.

RNA copies/100 mL Number of infections median (95% CI) Prevalence of infection (%) median (95% CI)
12 copies/100 mL
(27/3/2020)
1090 (748–1460) 0.181 (0.124–0.249)
1.9 copies/100 mL
(1/4/2020)
171 (122−233) 0.028 (0.019–0.039)
Uniform distribution:
1.9 to 12 copies/100 mL
563 (391–764) 0.096 (0.064–0.142)