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. 2020 Dec 1;10(1):28. doi: 10.1186/s13362-020-00096-y

Table 2.

List of parameters used in the transmission model for COVID-19 in Ontario, Canada

Definition Mean (Std) Source
Parameter
p1H Relative increase of the weight of the contact matrix for household settings from phase 0 to phase 1 0.1320 (0.0866) Estimated
p1C Relative increase of the weight of the contact matrix for community settings from phase 0 to phase 1 0.0685 (0.0642) Estimated
p2H Relative increase of the weight of the contact matrix for households from phase 1 to phase 2 0.2832 (0.1807) Estimated
p2C Relative decrease of the weight of the contact matrix for community settings from phase 1 to phase 2 0.3283 (0.1575) Estimated
p3H Final relative increase of the weight of the contact matrix for household settings in phase 3 0.0436 (0.0593) Estimated
p3W Final relative decrease of the weight of the contact matrix for workplace settings in phase 3 0.5921 (0.0820) Estimated
p3C Final relative decrease of the weight of the contact matrix for community settings in phase 3 0.7888 (0.1697) Estimated
rH Exponential increase in household contact rate 0.0379 (0.0532) Estimated
rW Exponential decrease in workplace contact rate 0.4711 (0.0853) Estimated
rC Exponential decrease in community contact rate 0.1019 (0.0461) Estimated
βi Probability of transmission per contact, age-dependent Table 4 Estimated
q0 Fraction of quarantined exposed individuals phase 0–2 0.1187 (0.0645) Estimated
qb Maximum fraction of quarantined individuals exposed 0.7272 (0.0583) Estimated
rq Exponential increase in quarantine fraction 0.0282 (0.0022) Estimated
σ Transition rate of exposed individuals to the infected class 1/5 [18]
λ Rate at which the quarantined uninfected contacts were released into the wider community 1/14 [5]
ϱ Probability of having symptoms among infected individuals 0.7036 [2]
δIi Transition rate of symptomatic infected individuals to the quarantined infected class Table 4 Estimated
δq Transition rate of quarantined exposed individuals to the quarantined infected class 0.3409 (0.1137) Estimated
γI Removal rate of symptomatic infected individuals 0.1957 [2]
γA Removal rate of asymptomatic infected individuals 0.139 [5]
γD Removal rate of quarantined diagnosed individuals 0.2 [19]
α Disease-induced death rate 0.008 [19]
θ Modification factor of asymptomatic infectiousness 0.0275 [2]
Initial values
Si(0) Initial susceptible population Table 4 Data [20]
Ei(0) Initial exposed population Table 4 Estimated
Ii(0) Initial symptomatic infected population Table 4 Estimated
Ai(0) Initial asymptomatic infected population Table 4 Estimated
Sqi(0) Initial quarantined susceptible population 0 Assumed
Eqi(0) Initial quarantined exposed population 0 Assumed
Di(0) Initial diagnosed population Table 4 Incidence data
Ri(0) Initial recovered population 0 Assumed

For the estimated parameters, we report the mean and standard deviation of the fitting results of the 1000 bootstrap realizations. For non-fitted parameters, the source is reported.