*Infected cats

§Numerous large platelet aggregates were noticed in blood smear evaluation

TABLE 2 NGS quality parameters. Percent coverage of the “Wuhan-Hu-1” SARS-CoV-2 reference genome alter alignment of the NGS reads from samples of C2 and C3, as well as from the cat owner. Mean depth is expressed in nucleotides (nts), after alignment of the respective sample reads