TABLE 4.

Characteristics of panel 4, made up of 179 samples containing different VOC, as assessed by full-length SARS-CoV-2 genome sequencing, tested in part 2 of the study

RT-PCR CT value	No. (%) of samples containing variant
	Alpha (n = 54)	Beta (n = 21)	Delta (n = 54)	Omicron (n = 50)
≤20	32 (59.3)	3 (14.3)	34 (63.0)	11 (22.0)
21–25	16 (29.6)	12 (57.1)	13 (24.1)	14 (28.0)
26–30	4 (7.4)	6 (28.6)	7 (13.0)	13 (26.0)
>30	2 (3.7)	0 (0)	0 (0)	12 (24.0)
Minimum (CT value)	10	13	14	16
Maximum (CT value)	40	29	30	37