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. 2022 Jun 29;54(5):623–628. doi: 10.1016/j.pathol.2022.04.001

Table 1.

Distribution of weak positives for different Ct value cut-offs

Ct cut-off value RdRP gene E gene N gene
36 Ct≤36 1316 (80.39%) 899 (85.54%) 326 (75.29%)
Ct>36 321 (19.61%) 152 (14.46%) 107 (24.71%)
38 Ct≤38 1460 (89.19%) 967 (92.00%) 400 (92.38%)
Ct>38 177 (10.81%) 84 (8.00%) 33 (7.62%)
40 Ct≤40 1548 (94.56%) 1003 (95.43%) 422 (97.46%)
Ct>40 89 (5.44%) 48 (4.57%) 11 (2.54%)

Weak positives: Ct values > Ctcut-off.