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. 2020 Jun 3;81(3):411–419. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.05.073

Table 3.

Clinical symptoms and SARS-CoV-2 rt-PCR test status.

Any result
Negative
Positive
P Statistic
N % N % N %
Residents tested 313 187 59.7 126 40.3
Deaths 29 8 4.3 21 16.7 0.0004 χ2 12.3
Symptom information
Symptomatic 109 34.8 37 19.8 72 57.1 <0.0001 χ2 44.7
Asymptomatic 204 65.2 150 80.2 54 42.9
N symptoms, mean (SD) 0.7 (1.1) 0.3 (0.7) 1.2 (1.3) <0.0001 W 16542.0
Any typical symptom 73 23.3 23 12.3 50 39.7 <0.0001 χ2 30.1
Any atypical symptom 73 23.3 22 11.8 51 40.5 <0.0001 χ2 33.1
Typical symptoms only 35 11.2 14 7.5 21 16.7 0.019 χ2 5.5
Atypical symptoms only 35 11.2 13 7.0 22 17.5 0.0067 χ2 7.3
Typical symptoms
Cough/Breathlessness 57 18.2 16 8.6 41 32.5 <0.0001 χ2 27.5
Fever 43 13.7 13 7.0 30 23.8 <0.0001 χ2 16.7
Atypical symptoms
Confusion/Altered behaviour 62 19.8 19 10.2 43 34.1 <0.0001 χ2 25.7
Anorexia 44 14.1 10 5.3 34 27.0 <0.0001 χ2 27.4
Diarrhoea/Vomiting 4 1.3 2 1.1 2 1.6 1.0 χ2 0.0