Clinical and transmission characteristics in new positive SARS-CoV-2 cases
| Match | Player ID | Positive SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR screening test returned (COVID-19 symptom onset) | Interactions with SARS-CoV-2 players (ie, CoV1–CoV8) | Clinical rationale for probable transmission | ||
| Tackles (n) | Duration of time within 2 m (s) | Number of times within 2 m (n) | ||||
| 1 | C1 | 5 days after match (4 days after match) | 30 (6.0±4.0; 1–11) | 689.0 (137.8±83.6; 32.7–259.9) | 88 (17.6±9.5; 5–31) | Team experienced a COVID-19 outbreak resulting in a total of 12 individuals testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 within 5 days of match 1. Five individuals did not participate in the match. Both C1 and P10 reported being a close social contact of other SARS-CoV-2 positive players outside of the match. |
| 1 | P10 | 4 days after match (4 days after match) | 1 (0.2±0.4; 0–1) | 112.2 (44.1±27.4; 0.0–75.2) | 14 (6.0±4.6; 0–13) | |
| 2 | P10 | 5 days after match (5 days after match) | 0 | – | – | Team experienced a COVID-19 outbreak resulting in six individuals testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 within 5 days of match 2. Three individuals did not participate in the match. |
| 2 | P15 | 3 days after match (no symptoms developed) | 2 | – | – | |
| 2 | P29 | 9 days after match (9 days after match) | 1 | – | – | Reported a community close contact with SARS-CoV-2 individual via social (non-sporting) interaction. |
| 3 | P17 | 3 days after match (No symptoms developed) | 1 | 3.8 | 1 | No clear explanation. Potential community transmission given high prevalence in area. |
Where multiple positive SARS-CoV-2 players participated within a match, interactions reported as sum of all interactions with positive SARS-CoV-2 players (mean±SD; minimum and maximum). Duration and number of times within 2 m of SARS-CoV-2 players (ie, CoV1–CoV8) calculated from ≥3 s interactions.