TABLE 3.

Information and detection results of critically ill patients with positive detection of nucleic acids in oropharyngeal swabs

Patient number			1	2	3	4
Age (y)			86	66	63	52
Gender			Male	Female	Female	Male
Admission time			02/04	02/14	02/02	02/14
Main symptoms			Cough, fever, weak	Fever, dyspnoea, weak, chest tightness	Cough, fever, dyspnoea	Cough, fever
Time on ventilator			02/17	02/23	02/16	02/18
Detection time (days after using ventilator)			13	7	14	13
Sample type	Oropharyngeal swabs	ORF1ab	+	+	−	+
		nCov‐N	+	+	+	+
	Saliva	ORF1ab	+	−	+	+
		nCov‐N	+	−	+	+