TABLE 1.
Number of samples taken per month and federal state within Germany
| Federal state | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | In total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baden‐Wuerttemberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 19 (1) | 4 | 48 (1) |
| Bavaria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 (1) | 23 (1) | 8 (2) | 87 (4) |
| Berlin | 13 | 43 (1) | 10 | 72 (3) | 87 | 33 (1) | 2 | 260 (5) |
| Brandenburg | 9 | 4 | 5 | 12 (1) | 27 (1) | 12 | 1 | 70 (2) |
| Bremen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hamburg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Hesse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 (1) | 18 | 5 | 62 (1) |
| Lower Saxony | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 (1) | 17 (1) | 8 | 79 (2) |
| Mecklenburg‐Western Pomerania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| North Rhine‐Westphalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 62 (1) | 14 (1) | 179 (2) |
| Rhineland‐Palatinate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 16 | 5 (1) | 62 (1) |
| Saarland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Saxony | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Saxony‐Anhalt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 (1) | 2 | 0 | 11 (1) |
| Schleswig‐Holstein | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 (1) | 3 | 2 | 23 (1) |
| Thuringia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| In total | 22 | 48 | 15 | 86 | 484 | 216 | 51 | 922 |
The number of positive/inconclusive results confirmed by iIFT/sVNT is given in parenthesis