TABLE 1. High-Level Comparison of the Proposed Model and Previous Studies on COVID-19 Spread.

Feature	Proposed work	[43]	[48]	[49]
Number of states	8	4	4	6
Protected state	✓	✘	✘	✓
Quarantine state	✓	✘	✘	✓
Hospitalized state	✓	✘	✘	✘
Weighted model	✓	✘	✘	✘
Last trends favored	✓	✘	✘	✘