Impact of doubling COVID-19 cases on health parameters uhasselt COVID19 SARSCoV2 HealthParameters
By Bhavana KunkalikarNov 29 2022Reviewed by Aimee Molineux In a recent study published in PLoS ONE, researchers assessed the impact of doubling coronavirus disease 2019 cases on health parameters.
About the study In the present study, researchers demonstrated a novel method for quantifying the impact of doubling COVID-19 cases on hospitalizations and deaths. The estimated number of hospitalizations rises by the multiplicative factor exp when the number of cases doubles, a phenomenon known as the "doubling effect." Given that numerous nations are included in the study, the latter perspective is particularly relevant for policymakers, who may use it to examine the current scenario in their nation and relate it to the progress in other countries, like neighboring countries.
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