Modeling and Short-Term Forecasts of Indicators for COVID-19 Outbreak in 25 Countries at the end of March

Authors

  • Handan Ankaralı Istanbul Medeniyet University, Faculty of Medicine, Deptt. of Biostatistics, Turkey
  • Nadire Erarslan Istanbul Medeniyet University, Faculty of Medicine, Deptt. of Biostatistics, Turkey
  • Özge Pasin Istanbul University, Faculty of Medicine, Deptt. of Biostatistics, Turkey
  • Abu Kholdun Al Mahmood Ibn Sina Medical College, Deptt. of Biochemistry, Bangladesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjms.v19i0.47611

Keywords:

coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19, modelling, time series models, exponential smoothing

Abstract

Objective: The coronavirus, which originated in Wuhan, causing the disease called COVID-19, spread more than 200 countries and continents end of the March. In this study, it was aimed to model the outbreak with different time series models and also predict the indicators.

Materials and Methods: The data was collected from 25 countries which have different process at least 20 days. ARIMA(p,d,q), Simple Exponential Smoothing, Holt’s Two Parameter, Brown’s Double Exponential Smoothing Models were used. The prediction and forecasting values were obtained for the countries. Trends and seasonal effects were also evaluated.

Results and Discussion: China has almost under control according to forecasting. The cumulative death prevalence in Italy and Spain will be the highest, followed by the Netherlands, France, England, China, Denmark, Belgium, Brazil and Sweden respectively as of the first week of April. The highest daily case prevalence was observed in Belgium, America, Canada, Poland, Ireland, Netherlands, France and Israel between 10% and 12%.The lowest rate was observed in China and South Korea. Turkey was one of the leading countries in terms of ranking these criteria. The prevalence of the new case and the recovered were higher in Spain than Italy.

Conclusion: More accurate predictions for the future can be obtained using time series models with a wide range of data from different countries by modelling real time and retrospective data.

Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol.19(0) 2020 p.06-20

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Published

2020-06-18

How to Cite

Ankaralı, H., Erarslan, N., Pasin, Özge, & Mahmood, A. K. A. (2020). Modeling and Short-Term Forecasts of Indicators for COVID-19 Outbreak in 25 Countries at the end of March. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science, 19, 6–20. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjms.v19i0.47611

Issue

Vol 19: 'Special issue on Covid 19' 2020

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Original Articles

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