Table 1.

Summary of the SARS‐CoV‐2 gene detection by specimen pooling

	Total	Positive 2 genes	Positive 1 gene	Negative
Pools of 5 samples	40	11	2	27
Positive 1 in 5	10	8	2	0
Positive 2 in 5	2	2	0	0
Positive 3 in 5	1	1	0	0
Pools of 10 samples	20	12	1	7
Positive 1 in 10	10	9	1	0
Positive 2 in 10	2	2	0	0
Positive 3 in 10	1	1	0	0

Abbreviation: SARS‐CoV‐2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.