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. 2020 Sep;26(9):2281–2283. doi: 10.3201/eid2609.202603

Table. SARS-CoV-2 test results for residents and staff of 69 nursing homes, Barcelona, Spain, April 2020*.

Patient status during the preceding 14 days
SARS-CoV-2 test results, no. (%)†
Residents

Staff
Positive, N = 768
Negative, N = 2,446
Positive, N = 403
Negative, N = 2,252
Asymptomatic 486 (69.7) 1,727 (89.6) 144 (55.8) 1,311 (86.6)
Symptomatic‡ 211 (30.3) 200 (10.4) 114 (44.2) 203 (13.4)

*Results include all residents and staff who were in the facility the day of screening intervention. Testing was by reverse transcription PCR. SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.
†Percentage calculated over those with symptom information available; it was missing for 590 (18.4%) residents and 883 (33.3%) staff members.
‡A person was considered symptomatic if fever or respiratory symptoms were present at time of assessment, or at any moment in the preceding 14 days.