Table 3.
Estimation of the number of SARS-CoV-2 infections obtained via the viral gene copies detected in wastewater and Monte Carlo simulation.
| Location (mm/dd/yy) |
Viral load (triplicate average gene copies/L ± SD) | Estimated number of infections |
Skewness | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean ± STDEV | Median | 95% Confidence interval (CI) | ||||
| B1 (06/02/2020) | 4.88E03 ± 0.10E+02 | 1.21E+04 ± 5.52E+03 | 1.14E+04 | 6.20E+02 | 2.22E+04 | 0.6201 |
| B2 (06/02/2020) | 3.68E+03 ± 1.34E+03 | 9.69E+03 ± 4.42E+03 | 9.12E+03 | 6.71E+02 | 1.78E+04 | 0.6087 |
| B3 (06/02/2020) | 2.43E+03 ± 2.16E+02 | 7.49E+03 ± 3.45E+03 | 7.07E+03 | 4.71E+02 | 1.39E+04 | 0.6402 |
| B4 (06/02/2020) | 3.44E+04 ± 3.53E+03 | 2.21E+03 ± 1.02E+03 | 2.10E+03 | 7.20E+02 | 5.05E+03 | 0.6188 |