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Estimating the real-time case fatality rate of COVID-19 using Poisson mixtures model

Lee, P. H.

2020-04-15 epidemiology
10.1101/2020.04.11.20062190 medRxiv
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We proposed using Poisson mixtures model that utilized data of deaths, recoveries, and total confirmed cases in each day since the outbreak. We demonstrated that our CFR estimates for Hubei Province and other parts of China were superior to the simple CFR estimators in the early stage of COVID-19 outbreak.

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