Table 1.
Summarized reports of COVID-19 infection in cats kept as pets (from the highest number of tested cats in particular study to the lowest) *.
| Number of Tested Cats | COVID-19 Tested Positive Cats | Country/Area | Date (Month and Year of Publication) |
Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 920 | 6 | Germany | December 2020 | [18] |
| 191 | 11 | Italy | December 2020 | [26] |
| 50 | 6 | Hong Kong, China | December 2020 | [22] |
| 22 | 1 | France | June 2020 | [34] |
| 11 | 3 | The Netherlands | May 2020 | [30] |
| 8 | 1 | Spain | August 2020 | [32] |
| 5 | 5 | Japan | January 2021 | [44] |
| 4 | 10 | Brazil | April 2021 | [45] |
| 4 | 3 | United Kingdom | July 2020 | [41] |
| 4 | 3 | Chile | March 2021 | [24] |
| 3 | 3 | Latvia | February 2021 | [38] |
| 2 | 2 | The Switzerland | March 2021 | [35] |
| 2 | 2 | Canada | January 2021 | [46] |
| 2 | 2 | Argentina | November 2020 | [47] |
| 1 | 1 | Belguim | April 2020 | [25] |
| 1 | 1 | Hong Kong, China | March 2020 | [48] |
| 1 | 1 | Spain | May 2020 | [31] |
| 1 | 1 | Brazil | October 2020 | [49] |
| 1 | 1 | France | May 2020 | [33] |
| 1 | 1 | Italy | February 2021 | [27] |
| 1 | 1 | Italy | September 2020 | [28] |
| 1 | 1 | Greece | December 2020 | [41] |
| 1 | 1 | Croatia | December 2020 | [39] |
| 1 | 1 | Italy | March 2021 | [29] |
| 1 | 1 | Russia | June 2020 | [38] |
* due to the relatively higher number of naturally acquired SARS-CoV-2 infection in domestic cats in the US (67 studies—February 2021) than in other countries and areas [19], these reports were not included in this table.