Table 1.

Results from the six random-intercept linear mixed models taking expression values of ORF and N genes.

Comparison Model	Comparison of the prominent SARS-CoV-2 genes
	ORF1ab				N
	Ct value		Copy Number		Ct value		Copy Number
	Beta estimate	P-value	Beta estimate	P-value	Beta estimate	P-value	Beta estimate	P-value
Without drain (Reference: with drain)	0.860	0.087	−0.084	0.426	0.937	0.062	−0.167	0.132
Southern region (Ref: Northern region)	−0.006	0.993	0.016	0.916	−0.988	0.180	0.089	0.583
Central region (Ref: Northern region)	0.997	0.159	−0.200	0.180	−0.147	0.836	−0.007	0.960
North-Eastern region (Ref: Northern region)	0.556	0.441	−0.217	0.154	−0.175	0.808	−0.037	0.815
Temperature	0.010	0.404	−0.002	0.474	0.001	0.966	−0.001	0.955