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Table 1 Number of tests per week by location and number of positive tests per week

From: How to design and implement a university-based COVID-19 testing programme? An evaluation of a novel RT-LAMP COVID-19 testing programme in a UK university

Week number (week commencing date)

Number of tests (campus)

Number of tests (accommodation)

Total number of tests (weekly)

Total number of tests (cumulative)

Total number of positive test results (weekly)†

Total number of positive tests (cumulative)†

1 (28 Sept)

14

Site not operational

14

14

0

0

2 (5 Oct)

300

Site not operational

300

314

4

4

3 (12 Oct)

283

Site not operational

283

597

1

5

4 (19 Oct)

152

Site not operational

152

749

2

7

5 (26 Oct)

144

Site not operational

144

893

1

8

6 (2 Nov)

158

Site not operational

158

1051

0

8

7 (9 Nov)

72

Site not operational

72

1123

0

8

8 (16 Nov)

87

14

101

1224

0

8

9 (23 Nov)

100

23

123

1347

1

9

10 (30 Nov)

97

Site not operational

97

1444

0

9

11 (30 Nov)

95

Site not operational

95

1539

0

9

12 (14 Dec)

134

Site not operational

134

1673

0

9

  1. † all samples testing positive on RT-LAMP also tested positive using RT-PCR