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. 2022 Jul 19;19(7):e1004035. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004035

Table 2. Comparison by week of the first detected influenza-negative ILI time series outlier and the first reported COVID-19 case and peak by country.

Country Week of detected time series outlier (type)* Week of first reported COVID-19 case Week of first reported COVID-19 peak Difference in weeks between outlier and reported peak
HICs
France 09-Mar-2020 (TC) 20-Jan-2020 30-Mar-2020 3
Germany 30-Nov-2020 (TC) 27-Jan-2020 30-Mar-2020 −35
Netherlands 24-Feb-2020 06-Apr-2020
Poland 13-Jan-2020 (AO) 02-Mar-2020 06-Apr-2020 12
Spain 13-Jan-2020 (TC) 20-Jan-2020 23-Mar-2020 10
United Kingdom 09-Mar-2020 (AO) 27-Jan-2020 20-Apr-2020 6
United States 09-Mar-2020 (TC) 20-Jan-2020 06-Apr-2020 4
U-MICs
Argentina 02-Mar-2020 19-Oct-2020
Brazil 04-May-2020 (TC) 24-Feb-2020 27-Jul-2020 12
Colombia 02-Mar-2020 (TC) 02-Mar-2020 10-Aug-2020 23
Indonesia 02-Mar-2020 21-Sep-2020
Mexico 23-Mar-2020 (TC) 17-Feb-2020 20-Jul-2020 17
Peru 13-Jan-2020 (AO) 02-Mar-2020 01-Jun-2020 20
South Africa 02-Mar-2020 13-July-2020
L-MICs
Bangladesh 02-Mar-2020 22-Jun-2020
Bolivia 16-Mar-2020 (TC) 09-Mar-2020 03-Aug-2020 20
India 23-Mar-2020 (TC) 27-Jan-2020 14-Sep-2020 25
Republic of Moldova 09-Mar-2020 (AO) 02-Mar-2020 15-Jun-2020 14
Nepal 10-Feb-2020 (AO) 20-Jan-2020 22-Jun-2020 19
Philippines 13-Jan-2020 (TC) 27-Jan-2020 30-Mar-2020 11
Ukraine 16-Mar-2020 (AO) 02-Mar-2020 04-May-2020 7
LICs
Afghanistan 24-Feb-2020 01-Jun-2020
Madagascar 13-Jul-2020 (TC) 16-Mar-2020 25-May-2020 −7
Mozambique 30-Mar-2020 (AO) 23-Mar-2020 01-Jun-2020 9
Uganda 24-Aug-2020 (TC) 16-Mar-2020 01-Jun-2020 −12

*Additive outlier (AO) or temporary change outlier (TC).

HICs, high-income countries; L-MICs, lower-middle-income countries; LICs, low-income countries; U-MICs, upper-middle-income countries.