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General Medicine

A Novel and Accurate Method for Estimating Deaths and Cases During Outbreaks of Infectious Diseases Including COVID-19

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Pages 4705-4718 | Received 23 Aug 2023, Accepted 06 Oct 2023, Published online: 18 Oct 2023

Figures & data

Figure 1 Example of exponential growth with various days to peak.

Figure 1 Example of exponential growth with various days to peak.

Figure 2 Examples of forecasts based on 20-day input data after 50 deaths.

Figure 2 Examples of forecasts based on 20-day input data after 50 deaths.

Table 1 UK COVID-19 Deaths. Johns Hopkins University (Worldometer) Data

Figure 3 Chart of daily change of reported deaths with linear regression.

Figure 3 Chart of daily change of reported deaths with linear regression.

Table 2 COVID-19 Mortality: Asymmetric Model Parameters and Forecasts Based on JHU Worldometer Reported Data and Office for National Statistics for England and Wales

Figure 4 Model input data for 20 days after 50th death and output compared to actual data.

Figure 4 Model input data for 20 days after 50th death and output compared to actual data.

Figure 5 A chart created from ONS data for Influenza like illness (ILI) for the years 1999–2014 showing the trajectory of excess deaths.

Figure 5 A chart created from ONS data for Influenza like illness (ILI) for the years 1999–2014 showing the trajectory of excess deaths.

Table 3 Ratio of the Growth and Decline Phases of Influenza Like Illness Outbreaks

Figure 6 Details of weekly ILI excess deaths with estimates for the number of days to the peak and for the decline to normal levels. X axis data is Week number after outbreak.

Figure 6 Details of weekly ILI excess deaths with estimates for the number of days to the peak and for the decline to normal levels. X axis data is Week number after outbreak.

Figure 7 Diagram of parameters for the asymmetric model.

Figure 7 Diagram of parameters for the asymmetric model.

Figure 8 A comparison of cumulative, daily and daily change in mortality for three models.

Figure 8 A comparison of cumulative, daily and daily change in mortality for three models.

Figure 9 Comparison of model and total deaths reported on 30 June 2020.

Figure 9 Comparison of model and total deaths reported on 30 June 2020.

Figure 10 Comparison of model to actual daily deaths reported on 30 June 2020.

Figure 10 Comparison of model to actual daily deaths reported on 30 June 2020.