Comparison between findings of outbreak investigations onboard MS A'SARA Nile cruise ship and the Cairo hotel, Egypt, March 2020
| Characteristics | Nile cruise ship | Cairo hotel | Total | % of column | ||
| No | % of row | No | % of row | |||
| No investigated | 201 | 60.7 | 130 | 39.3 | 331 | – |
| Type of contacts | ||||||
| Contacts of the tourist group and/or index cases | 99 | 72.8 | 37 | 27.2 | 136 | 41.1 |
| Contacts of secondary cases | 102 | 52.3 | 93 | 47.7 | 195 | 58.9 |
| Nationality | ||||||
| Non-Egyptians | 126 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 38.1 |
| Egyptians | 75 | 36.6 | 130 | 63.4 | 205 | 61.9 |
| Lab confirmed COVID-19 cases | ||||||
| No of cases | 57 | 85.1 | 10 | 14.9 | 67 | 20.2 |
| Type of contacts | ||||||
| Contacts of the tourist group and/or index cases | 45 | 93.7 | 3 | 6.3 | 48 | 71.6 |
| Contacts of secondary cases | 12 | 63.2 | 7 | 36.8 | 19 | 28.4 |
| Mean age of patients±SD | 36.0±15 | 43.7±16 | 34.6±12 | |||
| Age groups | ||||||
| 20–29 | 14 | 82.4 | 3 | 17.6 | 17 | 25.4 |
| 30–39 | 17 | 94.4 | 1 | 5.6 | 18 | 26.9 |
| 40–49 | 8 | 88.9 | 1 | 11.1 | 9 | 13.4 |
| 50–59 | 8 | 66.7 | 4 | 33.3 | 12 | 17.9 |
| ≥60 | 10 | 90.9 | 1 | 9.1 | 11 | 16.4 |
| Gender | ||||||
| Males | 52 | 83.9 | 10 | 16.1 | 62 | 92.5 |
| Females | 5 | 100 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 7.5 |
| Symptoms | ||||||
| Asymptomatic cases | 36 | 90 | 4 | 10 | 40 | 59.7 |
| Symptomatic | 21 | 77.8 | 6 | 22.2 | 27 | 40.3 |
| Dates of action | ||||||
| Date of arrival of the tourist group | 9 February | 18 February | – | – | – | |
| Days before investigation starts | 25 | 16 | – | – | – | |
| Date investigation started | 4 March | 4 March | – | – | – | |
| Date quarantined | 5 March | 10 March | – | – | – | |
| Date released | 19 March | 24 March | – | – | – | |