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. 2020 Sep 7;220(1):106–129. doi: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2020.07.047

Table 3.

Mean fraction of unreported infections with different cutoffs.

(a) 8 day reporting lag

T0 date

Feb 1 Feb 5 Feb 10 Feb 15 Feb 20 Feb 25 Feb 29
T1 date Mar 9 13.71% 13.75% 13.73% 13.54% 13.35% 13.05% 12.48%
Mar 10 9.35% 9.38% 9.37% 9.24% 9.11% 8.92% 8.61%
Mar 11 8.76% 8.79% 8.78% 8.66% 8.55% 8.40% 8.17%
Mar 12 3.83% 3.85% 3.84% 3.78% 3.72% 3.64% 3.53%
Mar 13 4.44% 4.46% 4.46% 4.38% 4.31% 4.24% 4.13%
Mar 14 5.58% 5.61% 5.60% 5.51% 5.43% 5.34% 5.22%
Mar 15 4.94% 4.97% 4.96% 4.88% 4.81% 4.74% 4.64%
Mar 16 7.96% 8.00% 7.99% 7.86% 7.76% 7.65% 7.52%
Mar 17 11.71% 11.78% 11.76% 11.57% 11.43% 11.29% 11.11%
Mar 18 20.63% 20.74% 20.72% 20.40% 20.17% 19.94% 19.66%
Mar 19 44.76% 44.93% 44.90% 44.42% 44.07% 43.74% 43.33%

(b) 5 day reporting lag

T0 date

Feb 1 Feb 5 Feb 10 Feb 15 Feb 20 Feb 25 Feb 29
T1 date Mar 6 9.64% 9.65% 9.67% 9.61% 9.53% 9.40% 9.05%
Mar 7 5.22% 5.23% 5.24% 5.20% 5.16% 5.09% 4.94%
Mar 8 3.05% 3.05% 3.06% 3.03% 3.01% 2.98% 2.90%
Mar 9 1.59% 1.59% 1.60% 1.59% 1.58% 1.56% 1.53%
Mar 10 1.66% 1.66% 1.67% 1.66% 1.65% 1.63% 1.60%
Mar 11 2.26% 2.26% 2.27% 2.25% 2.24% 2.22% 2.19%
Mar 12 2.01% 2.02% 2.02% 2.01% 1.99% 1.97% 1.94%
Mar 13 3.05% 3.06% 3.07% 3.04% 3.02% 2.99% 2.95%
Mar 14 4.18% 4.19% 4.21% 4.17% 4.14% 4.11% 4.06%
Mar 15 3.62% 3.63% 3.64% 3.61% 3.59% 3.56% 3.52%
Mar 16 4.73% 4.74% 4.76% 4.72% 4.69% 4.66% 4.62%
Mar 17 6.67% 6.68% 6.71% 6.66% 6.62% 6.58% 6.52%
Mar 18 10.75% 10.77% 10.81% 10.73% 10.67% 10.61% 10.53%
Mar 19 24.61% 24.63% 24.70% 24.58% 24.48% 24.40% 24.28%

This table displays α value for different dates for both T0 and T1. We vary T0 across the month of February, and T1 across early March. Very early March and February dates for T1 are not available since Iceland confirmed infections only begin February 28. Travel data is assumed uniform across days throughout and is not weighted as T0 or T1 change. We include Italy, Spain, Germany, and the United Kingdom as epicenters as well as China.