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. 2020 May 16;325:108378. doi: 10.1016/j.mbs.2020.108378

Table 1.

Parameter estimates for the COVID-19 epidemics in China.

Parameter Definition Value Source
c(t) c0 Contact rate at the initial time 14.781 [11]
cb Minimum contact rate with control strategies 2.0 Estimated
rc Exponential decreasing rate of contact rate 0.1 Estimated
β Transmission probability from I to S per contact 0.18 Estimated
q(t) q0 Quarantined rate at the initial time 1.0×104 [12]
qb Maximum quarantined rate with control strategies 0.9 Estimated
rq Exponential increasing rate of quarantined rate 0.1 Estimated
βA Transmission probability from A to S per contact 0.01 Estimated
m(t) m0 Quarantined rate of susceptible population with fever symptoms at the initial time 2.0848×104 Estimated
mb Minimal quarantined rate of susceptibles with fever symptoms 5.0001×107 Estimated
rm Exponential decreasing rate of quarantined rate 0.0567 Estimated
λ Releasing rate of quarantined susceptibles 114 [11]
λf Releasing rate of quarantined susceptibles with fever symptoms 0.1 Estimated
ρ Ratio of symptomatic infection 0.5 Estimated
σ Transition rate of exposed individuals to the infected class 15 [13]
δI Fast diagnose rate of infected individuals 0.5 Estimated
1ω(t) 1ω0 Initial number of detection kits per day 2000 Estimated
1ωb Maximal number of detection kits per day 1.0×105 Estimated
rω Exponential increasing rate of the number of detection kits 0.885 Estimated
γA Recovery rate of asymptotic infected individuals 0.13978 [11]
α(t) α0 Disease-induced death rate at the initial time 0.012 Estimated
αb Minimal disease-induced death rate with treatment 0.0012 Estimated
rα Exponential increasing rate of disease-induced death rate 0.1129 Estimated
βf Transmission rate from Iq to Sf 3.0×106 Estimated
cf Contact rate of suspected cases 2.0 Estimated
σq Transition rate of quarantined exposed individuals to the quarantined infected class 0.2 Estimated
δq Fast diagnose rate of quarantined individuals 1.0 Estimated
γH(t) γH0 Recovery rate of confirmed individuals at the initial time 0.001 Estimated
γHb Maximal recovery rate of confirmed individuals with treatment 0.15 Estimated
rγ Exponential increasing rate of recovery rate 0.0123 Estimated

Variable Definition Initial value Source

S Susceptible population 1.5×107 Estimated
E Exposed population 8216 Estimated
I Infected symptomatic population 1000 Estimated
A Infected asymptomatic population 1000 Estimated
Sq Quarantined susceptible population 7347 Data
Sf Quarantined susceptible population with fever symptoms 499.9975 Estimated
Eq Quarantined exposed population 100.0003 Estimated
Iq Quarantined infected population 250.0005 Estimated
H Confirmed and hospitalized population 771 Data
R Recovered population 34 Data