Volume 26, Number 9—September 2020
Research Letter
Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Nursing Homes, Barcelona, Spain, April 2020
Table
SARS-CoV-2 test results for residents and staff of 69 nursing homes, Barcelona, Spain, April 2020*
Residents |
Staff |
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Positive, N = 768 |
Negative, N = 2,446 |
Positive, N = 403 |
Negative, N = 2,252 |
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Asymptomatic | 486 (69.7) | 1,727 (89.6) | 144 (55.8) | 1,311 (86.6) | |
Symptomatic‡ | 211 (30.3) | 200 (10.4) | 114 (44.2) | 203 (13.4) |
*Results include all residents and staff who were in the facility the day of screening intervention. Testing was by reverse transcription PCR. SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.
†Percentage calculated over those with symptom information available; it was missing for 590 (18.4%) residents and 883 (33.3%) staff members.
‡A person was considered symptomatic if fever or respiratory symptoms were present at time of assessment, or at any moment in the preceding 14 days.
1These first authors contributed equally to this article.