Table 2.
List of parameters used in the transmission model for COVID-19 in Ontario, Canada
| Definition | Mean (Std) | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parameter | |||
| Relative increase of the weight of the contact matrix for household settings from phase 0 to phase 1 | 0.1320 (0.0866) | Estimated | |
| Relative increase of the weight of the contact matrix for community settings from phase 0 to phase 1 | 0.0685 (0.0642) | Estimated | |
| Relative increase of the weight of the contact matrix for households from phase 1 to phase 2 | 0.2832 (0.1807) | Estimated | |
| Relative decrease of the weight of the contact matrix for community settings from phase 1 to phase 2 | 0.3283 (0.1575) | Estimated | |
| Final relative increase of the weight of the contact matrix for household settings in phase 3 | 0.0436 (0.0593) | Estimated | |
| Final relative decrease of the weight of the contact matrix for workplace settings in phase 3 | 0.5921 (0.0820) | Estimated | |
| Final relative decrease of the weight of the contact matrix for community settings in phase 3 | 0.7888 (0.1697) | Estimated | |
| Exponential increase in household contact rate | 0.0379 (0.0532) | Estimated | |
| Exponential decrease in workplace contact rate | 0.4711 (0.0853) | Estimated | |
| Exponential decrease in community contact rate | 0.1019 (0.0461) | Estimated | |
| Probability of transmission per contact, age-dependent | Table 4 | Estimated | |
| Fraction of quarantined exposed individuals phase 0–2 | 0.1187 (0.0645) | Estimated | |
| Maximum fraction of quarantined individuals exposed | 0.7272 (0.0583) | Estimated | |
| 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] |
| Transition rate of symptomatic infected individuals to the quarantined infected class | Table 4 | Estimated | |
| Transition rate of quarantined exposed individuals to the quarantined infected class | 0.3409 (0.1137) | Estimated | |
| Removal rate of symptomatic infected individuals | 0.1957 | [2] | |
| Removal rate of asymptomatic infected individuals | 0.139 | [5] | |
| 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 | |||
| Initial susceptible population | Table 4 | Data [20] | |
| Initial exposed population | Table 4 | Estimated | |
| Initial symptomatic infected population | Table 4 | Estimated | |
| Initial asymptomatic infected population | Table 4 | Estimated | |
| Initial quarantined susceptible population | 0 | Assumed | |
| Initial quarantined exposed population | 0 | Assumed | |
| Initial diagnosed population | Table 4 | Incidence data | |
| 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.