Table 1

Summary of Defence Clinical Lab sample numbers and results

Metric	Number
Total number of tests	72 388
Total number of public health samples	43
Total number of public SARS-COV-2 RNA detected results	6
Total number of military samples	72 233
Total number of military SARS-COV-2 RNA detected results	600
Total number of military indeterminate* results	173
Total number of military void† results	64
Total number of Dstl research (non-human) samples	82
Total number of external quality assessment samples	30

*Results where two tests did not allow a confirmed SARS-CoV-2 RNA detected result (based on the E-gene and confirmatory PCR Cq thresholds used at that time).
†Results where two tests resulted in two inhibited results (based on MS2 internal control PCR Cq thresholds used at that time). Reported as indeterminate during operation.
Cq, quantitation cycle; Dstl, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory.