Serial Laboratory Testing for SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Incarcerated and Detained Persons in a Correctional and Detention Facility — Louisiana, April–May 2020: Results
71/ 98 persons tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 infection during this study. 53 (54%) tested positive on day 1, 16 (36%) of the remaining persons tested positive on day 4, and 2 (7%) of the remaining persons tested positive on day 14. 32 (45%) of the 98 people tested for SARS-CoV-2 were asymptomatic at the testing date (3 of which were presymptomatic). Of the 37 symptomatic patients, 11 (30%) reported symptom onset within the previous two weeks and 19 (51%) reported onset over 2 weeks prior to testing. Headache and loss of smell were the most commonly reported symptoms (27, 38% and 25, 35%, respectively).
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Serial Laboratory Testing for SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Incarcerated and Detained Persons in a Correctional and Detention Facility — Louisiana, April–May 2020: Methods
Serial Laboratory Testing for SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Incarcerated and Detained Persons in a Correctional and Detention Facility — Louisiana, April–May 2020: Results
Serial Laboratory Testing for SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Incarcerated and Detained Persons in a Correctional and Detention Facility — Louisiana, April–May 2020: Discussion