Skip to main content
. 2022 Jun 15;47(5):774–782. doi: 10.1007/s10900-022-01104-5

Table 5.

Symptoms, PCR, and N-antibody in reliable reporting facilities

COVID-19 symptoms or prior PCR/antigen positive result Residents Staff
N-antibody N-antibody
Positive Total Percenta Positive Total Percenta
Negative both 21 85 24.7 26 175 14.9
Symptoms positive/PCR missing or negative 0 2 0.0 26 50b 52.0
PCR positive/symptoms missing or negative 85 95 89.5 21 29 72.4
Both positive 6 6 100.0 47 51 92.2
Total 112 188 59.6 120 305 39.3

Facilities for whom study team determined that PCR and antigen results were well-documented

aBoth residents and staff, p < 0.0001 Mantel–Haenszel Chi square for trend

bOf 50 staff, 44 were PCR negative (22 N-Ab positive), 6 lacked PCR result (4 N-Ab positive)

Nine residents (Three N-antibody positive) and Four staff (One N-antibody positive) were missing both symptoms and PCR information