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Title: | Modeling the positive testing rate of COVID-19 in South Africa using a semi-parametric smoother for binomial data | Authors: | OWOKOTOMO, Olajumoke Evangelina Manda, Samuel CLEAESEN, Jurgen KASIM, Adetayo SENGUPTA, Rudradev Shome, Rahul Subhra Paria, Soumya REDDY, Tarylee SHKEDY, Ziv |
Issue Date: | 2023 | Publisher: | FRONTIERS MEDIA SA | Source: | Frontiers in Public Health, 11 (Art N° 979230) | Abstract: | Identification and isolation of COVID-19 infected persons plays a significant role in the control of COVID-19 pandemic. A country's COVID-19 positive testing rate is useful in understanding and monitoring the disease transmission and spread for the planning of intervention policy. Using publicly available data collected between March 5th, 2020 and May 31st, 2021, we proposed to estimate both the positive testing rate and its daily rate of change in South Africa with a flexible semi-parametric smoothing model for discrete data. There was a gradual increase in the positive testing rate up to a first peak rate in July, 2020, then a decrease before another peak around mid-December 2020 to mid-January 2021. The proposed semi-parametric smoothing model provides a data driven estimates for both the positive testing rate and its change. We provide an online R dashboard that can be used to estimate the positive rate in any country of interest based on publicly available data. We believe this is a useful tool for both researchers and policymakers for planning intervention and understanding the COVID-19 spread. | Notes: | Owokotomo, OE (corresponding author), Hasselt Univ, Data Sci Inst, Ctr Stat, I BioStat, Hasselt, Belgium. olajumoke.owokotomo@uhasselt.be |
Keywords: | COVID-19;South Africa;positive testing rate;semi-parametric smoothing model;transmission rates | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/39961 | e-ISSN: | 2296-2565 | DOI: | 10.3389/fpubh.2023.979230 | ISI #: | 000945276100001 | Rights: | © 2023 Owokotomo, Manda, Cleasen, Kasim, Sengupta, Shome, Subhra Paria, Reddy and Shkedy. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution |
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