Figure 2.

Sensitivity analyses of estimated R_t^Empirical using the Robert Koch Institute method. A) Sensitivity analysis using the time series of all diagnosed cases instead of only symptomatic cases in estimating R_t^Empirical. B) Sensitivity analysis using the time series of hospital admissions in acute-care beds instead of symptomatic cases in estimating R_t^Empirical. C) Sensitivity analysis using the time series of hospital admissions in ICU-care beds instead of symptomatic cases in estimating R_t^Empirical. D) Sensitivity analysis using different values for the generation time in estimating R_t^Empirical. The dashed green line represents the threshold of R₀ = 1.