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Volume 27, Number 2—February 2021
Research

Rapid Transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 in Detention Facility, Louisiana, USA, May–June, 2020

Megan Wallace1Comments to Author , Allison E. James1, Rachel Silver, Mitsuki Koh, Farrell A. Tobolowsky, Sean Simonson, Jeremy A. W. Gold, Rena Fukunaga, Henry Njuguna, Keith Bordelon, Jonathan Wortham, Melissa Coughlin, Jennifer L. Harcourt, Azaibi Tamin, Brett Whitaker, Natalie J. Thornburg, Ying Tao, Krista Queen, Anna Uehara, Clinton R. Paden, Jing Zhang, Suxiang Tong, Danielle Haydel, Ha Tran, Kaylee Kim, Kiva A. Fisher, Mariel Marlow, Jacqueline E. Tate, Reena H. Doshi, Theresa Sokol, and Kathryn G. Curran
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (M. Wallace, A.E. James, R. Silver, M. Koh, F.A. Tobolowsky, J.A.W. Gold, R. Fukunaga, H. Njuguna, K. Bordelon, J. Wortham, M. Coughlin, J.L. Harcourt, A. Tamin, B. Whitaker, N.J. Thornburg, Y. Tao, K. Queen, A. Uehara, C.R. Paden, J. Zhang, S. Tong, K. Kim, K.A. Fisher, M. Marlow, J.E. Tate, R.H. Doshi, K.G. Curran); Louisiana Department of Health, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA (S. Simonson, D. Haydel, H. Tran, T. Sokol)

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Table 2

Cumulative incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in 143 detained persons by time point and original dormitory in a correctional facility, Louisiana, USA, May–June, 2020*

Dormitory Days since first positive test result for SARS-CoV-2 Cumulative incidence by dormitory and overall, no. positive/no. tested (%)
SARS-CoV-2 positive, no. (%)
Day 0 Day 4 Day 14 Day 18
A, n = 20 30 13/20 (65) 2/7 (29) 0/5 (0) NA 15/20 (75)
B, n = 23 28 10/23 (43) 4/13 (31) 2/9 (22) NA 16/23 (70)
C, n = 11 28 6/11 (55) 3/5 (60) 0 /2 (0) NA 9/11 (82)
D, n = 37 20 20/37 (54) 7/16 (44) 0/10 (0) NA 27/37 (73)
E, n = 7 14 4/7 (57) 0/3 (0) 0/3 (0) NA 4/7 (57)
F, n = 45
 Unknown†
 0/45 (0)
 NA
 NA
 40/45 (89)
 40/45 (89)
Cumulative incidence by day
 53/143 (37) 16/44 (36) 2/29 (7) 40/45 (89) 111/143 (78)

*NA, not applicable; SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.
†Introduction in dormitory F occurred at some point between day 0 and day 18.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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