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Table 1.

Estimates of the offspring mean R and its standard deviation ( $σ$ ), in addition to the coefficient of variation (CV), using the different mixture distributions, and their AIC value and corresponding Akaike weights ( $w_{i}$ ), for three COVID-19 datasets.

Dataset	Distribution	R (95%CI)	$σ$ (95%CI)	CV (95%CI)	AIC	$w_{i}$
Hong Kong¹⁴	NB	0.583 (0.448–0.718)	1.175 (0.944–1.490)	2.016 (1.816–2.395)	593.925	0.078
	POLN	0.587 (0.456–0.779)	1.413 (0.969–2.442)	2.409 (1.869–3.426)	590.009	0.551
	POWB	0.580 (0.445–0.745)	1.218 (0.970–1.734)	2.101 (1.841–2.560)	591.747	0.231
	POGG	0.580 (0.3789–0.724)	1.258 (0.923–1.550)	2.171 (2.059–2.466)	592.738	0.141
India¹⁶	NB	0.484 (0.480–0.494)	0.973 (0.962–0.985)	2.009 (1.994–2.024)	163974.5	0.000
	POLN	0.484 (0.477–0.491)	1.077 (1.055–1.101)	2.226 (2.195–2.258)	162980.6	0.000
	POWB	0.483 (0.476–0.489)	0.997 (0.984–1.011)	2.067 (2.049–2.084)	163530.8	1.000
	POGG	0.484 (0.477–0.490)	1.012 (1.000–1.024)	2.094 (2.086–2.102)	163286.5	0.000
Rwanda	NB	0.259 (0.216–0.302)	0.623 (0.547–0.731)	2.406 (2.223–2.743)	1015.261	0.157
	POLN	0.260 (0.219–0.311)	0.657 (0.560–0.820)	2.528 (2.267–2.892)	1013.073	0.468
	POWB	0.259 (0.217–0.311)	0.631 (0.557–0.783)	2.436 (2.225–2.750)	1014.350	0.247
	POGG	0.259 (0.216–0.301)	0.634 (0.561–0.706)	2.451 (2.340–2.603)	1015.667	0.128