Table 3.

Patients who became symptomatic and retested positive for RT‐PCR SARS‐CoV‐2 during their rehabilitation stay

Patient	Admitting Diagnosis	Reasons for Testing	Days Post Admission	Outcomes
1	Orthopedic fracture	Fever (Tmax = 101.6 °F)	4	D/C home day 19
2	CIN	Dyspnea; Low grade temp (Tmax = 100.1 °F)	10	D/C nursing home day 17
3	NT‐TBI	Cough; lethargy, Fever (Tmax = 100.9 °F)	8	D/C home day 19
4	NT‐TBI	Lethargy; cough.	10	ACT on day 19 for worsening resp needs
5	Orthopedic fracture	Shortness of breath and lethargy	3	ACT for pneumonia day 3

SARS‐CoV‐2 = severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; RT‐PCR = real‐time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; ACT = acute care transfer; CIN = critical illness neuropathy; NT = non‐traumatic; TBI = traumatic brain injury; Tmax = maximum temperature leading to repeat testing; D/C = discharge; Resp = respiratory.