Table 1.

Comparison of common testing methods

	Time to Perform Assay	Number of tests per Assay	Cost per test	Limit of Detection (Viral Copies)	Ability to Detect Presence of Variant Strains	Ability to Provide Sequencing Data
RT-qPCR (John et al. 2021) [28]	4–6 h	48–384	$10.00	1–100	No	No
DeepSARS	1 day	960–4800	$10.00	10–100	Yes	Yes
WGS (Rachiglio et al. 2021) [29]	45 h	~ 3657	$33.80	> 20	Yes	Yes