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Edson Zangiacomi Martinez1, Davi Casale Aragon1, Altacílio Aparecido Nunes1
1Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil.
Introduction:
We evaluated the performance of the Holt's model to forecast the daily COVID-19 reported cases in Brazil and three Brazilian states.
Methods:
We chose the date of the first COVID-19 case to April 25, 2020, as the training period, and April 26 to May 3, 2020, as the test period.
Results:
The Holt's model performed well in forecasting the cases in Brazil and in São Paulo and Minas Gerais states, but the forecasts were underestimated in Rio de Janeiro state.
Conclusions:
The Holt's model can be an adequate short-term forecasting method if their assumptions are adequately verified and validated by experts.
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