Table 1.
Covid-19 patients | Location | n | Positive identification |
Cycle threshold (Ct) |
Copies/m3 |
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% | min | max | average | sd | median | min | max | |||
Yes | Roomsa | 11 | 100 | 33.24 | 36.13 | 2600 | 1500 | 2500 | 700 | 5800 |
Yes | Room corridora | 12 | 100 | 33.03 | 34.49 | 4400 | 1300 | 4400 | 2300 | 6200 |
Yes | ICU corridor a | 10 | 30 | 35.82 | 36.56 | 190 | 320 | 0b | 0 | 880 |
No | Room corridora | 10 | 50 | 36.54 | 44.25 | 180 | 240 | 0 | 0 | 550 |
No | Outdoor terracea | 4 | 25 | 37.47 | 37.47 | 73 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 290 |
Location of the samples shown in Fig. 1
As mentioned in the positive identification column, not all samples showed airborne RNA. In these samples a value of 0 copies/m3 was assigned.