Table 3.

Frequency of SARS‐CoV‐2 detection in air samples collected at 01 and 03‐ m distance from COVID‐19 patients in medicine ward and ICU

Site of sample collection	Distance from the patients	No. sample collected	SARS‐CoV‐2 positivity rate (%)	C t Value (RdRp gene)
Medicine ward	1 m	06	6/6 (100%)	25.31
				27.43
				24.56
				23.12
				28.92
				27.56
	3 m	06	02/06 (33%)	34.32
				33.09
ICU	1 m	06	06/06 (100%)	22.32
				23.12
				21.32
				25.79
				19.18
				19.23
	3 m	06	03/06 (50%)	24.54
				23.00
				21.76

Abbreviations: COVID‐19, coronavirus disease 2019; ICU, intensive care unit; SARS‐CoV‐2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.