did not reach statistical significanceP = 0.0768
Median procalcitonin level among SARS-CoV-2 positive patients was 0.26 (IQR = 0.85–0.13) compared with 0.38 (IQR = 2.49–0.11) among negative patients, this difference did not reach statistical significance in a two-sided Mann–Whitney test for non-parametric distribution ( P = 0.0768).