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. 2021 Mar 25;16(3):e0249037. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0249037

Table 1. The estimated SIR model parameters and R0 values for Italy and its regions, in the 14 days after the first confirmed cases.

Region Date of First Case Population Cumulative Cases β^ γ^ R^0
Lombardy 21-Feb-2020 10,060,000 2,251 1.000 0.602 1.660
Veneto 21-Feb-2020 4,906,000 407 0.714 0.286 2.493
Emilia-Romagna 22-Feb-2020 4,459,000 870 0.740 0.260 2.846
Piedmont 22-Feb-2020 4,356,000 145 0.695 0.305 2.277
Sicily 25-Feb-2020 5,000,000 56 0.614 0.386 1.593
Tuscany 25-Feb-2020 3,730,000 208 0.681 0.319 2.134
Liguria 25-Feb-2020 1,551,000 132 1.000 0.616 1.623
South Tyrol 25-Feb-2020 520,891 9 0.583 0.417 1.397
Marche 26-Feb-2020 1,525,000 394 0.737 0.263 2.801
Campania 27-Feb-2020 5,802,000 154 0.657 0.343 1.918
Apulia 27-Feb-2020 4,029,000 77 1.000 0.659 1.517
Abruzzo 27-Feb-2020 1,312,000 38 0.652 0.362 1.802
Calabria 28-Feb-2020 1,947,000 33 0.255 0.000 Inf
Lazio 29-Feb-2020 5,879,000 274 0.684 0.333 2.055
Friuli-Venezia Giulia 01-Mar-2020 1,215,000 301 0.660 0.354 1.864
Umbria 01-Mar-2020 882,015 107 0.654 0.346 1.891
Sardinia 03-Mar-2020 1,640,000 107 0.681 0.319 2.135
Basilicata 03-Mar-2020 562,869 12 0.608 0.402 1.511
Trentino 03-Mar-2020 538,223 378 1.000 0.640 1.564
Molise 03-Mar-2020 305,617 21 0.581 0.419 1.386
Aosta Valley 05-Mar-2020 125,666 165 0.673 0.327 2.054
Italy 21-Feb-2020 60,360,000 3,855 0.715 0.285 2.505