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. 2020 Oct 2;766:142645. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142645

Table 1.

Positive samples for SARS-CoV-2 RNA in surfaces at different locations in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

Category Sample ID Surface (material) Ct value (N1) Concentration (N1) (genomic units/10 cm2)
Health care units HCU 29C Wall (brickwork) 25.9 67.9
HCU 2 B Floor (concrete) 34.1 ≤1
HCU 3 N Floor (concrete) 37.2 ≤1
HCU 8 A Floor (concrete) 28.5 11.7
HCU 12 E Floor (concrete) 37.7 ≤1
HCU 13 J Wall (concrete) 34.5 ≤1
HCU 29 A Sidewalk (concrete) 34.2 ≤1
HCU 29 M Sidewalk (concrete) 36.8 ≤1
HCU 30C Floor (concrete) 36.2 ≤1
HCU 3 D Bench (metal) 34.1 ≤1
HCU 3 I Bench (metal) 34 ≤1
HCU 1 D Bench (metal) 31.6 ≤1
HCU 9H Bench (metal) 36.7 ≤1
HCU 11C Handrail (metal) 36.4 ≤1
HCU 9 A Bench (metal) 33.1 ≤1
HCU 13 E Bench (metal) 36.9 ≤1
HCU 21 D Pillar (rock) 36 ≤1
HCU 29 F Bench (plastic) 23.7 299.8
HCU 29H Bench (plastic) 23.3 392.8
HCU 12 D (glass) 36 ≤1
Public squares PS 18 R Wall (brickwork) 37.4 ≤1
PS 1 E Table (concrete) 33.1 ≤1
PS 3C Bench (concrete) 35.8 ≤1
PS 6 G Bench (concrete) 37.5 ≤1
PS 18 X Sidewalk (concrete) 35.4 ≤1
PS 15 F Bench (wood) 34.8 ≤1
PS 3 K Bench (metal) 35.7 ≤1
PS 17 J Handrail (metal) 36.5 ≤1
PS 18 I Handrail (metal) 35.1 ≤1
PS 2 G Bench (rock) 35.6 ≤1
PS 2H Bench (rock) 34 ≤1
PS 2 I Bench (rock) 33.9 ≤1
PS 9C Bench (rock) 35.5 ≤1
PS 17 A Bench (rock) 32.3 ≤1
PS 17 D Bench (rock) 32 ≤1
PS 17 E Bench (rock) 34 ≤1
PS 18 M Bench (rock) 36.9 ≤1
Bus terminals BT 1 A Handrail (metal) 32.8 ≤1
BT 1 B Handrail (metal) 34.5 ≤1
BT 1C Handrail (metal) 29 8.4
BT 1 Q Handrail (metal) 32.1 ≤1
BT 1 S Handrail (metal) 32.8 ≤1
BT 1 W Handrail (metal) 29 8.4
BT 2 D Handrail (metal) 34.7 ≤1
Other public places OPP 11C Floor (concrete) 36.7 ≤1
OPP 5 A Bench (metal) 36.2 ≤1
OPP 10 A Bench (metal) 38.1 ≤1
OPP 11 A Bench (metal) 34.7 ≤1
Public market PM 1 G Wall (concrete) 36.9 ≤1

For PCR quantification, we consider 1 SARS-CoV-2 plaque forming unit as 1 SARS-CoV-2 genomic unit.