Each sample was tested by three PCRs: the screening assay for the E gene and two confirmatory assays targeting the RdRp gene, all performed as recommended in [5], with either both probes (RdRP_SARSr-P1 and RdRP_SARSr-P2), detecting SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2, or only with the SARS-CoV-2-specific probe RdRP_SARSr-P2 [5]. We used human RNAse P as control for RNA extraction [7].