Table 1.

Arellano-Bond dynamic panel data modeling from Equation (1) of the number of daily infections reported by country, April 28, 2023, through May 12, 2023.^a,b

Variable	Valuec	P value
1-day persistence coefficient	0.310	<.001
7-day persistence coefficient	0.586	<.001
Shift parameter week of April 28, 2023	–0.752	<.001
Shift parameter week of May 5, 2023	–0.304	<.001
Weekend	0.300	.17

^aWald test: χ²₆=12567.77, P<2.22^–16.

^bSargan: χ²₅₄₀=13, P≥.99.

^cContains estimates from the model in Equation (1).