Detecting COVID-19 Clusters at High Spatiotemporal Resolution, New York City, New York, USA, June-July 2020.

ABSTRACT: A surveillance system that uses census tract resolution and the SaTScan prospective space-time scan statistic detected clusters of increasing severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 test percent positivity in New York City, NY, USA. Clusters included one in which patients attended the same social gathering and another that led to targeted testing and outreach.

SUBMITTER: Greene SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8084513 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature