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  • Epidemiology
  • Data Science
  • Public Health

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  • The COVID-19 pandemic generated vast amounts of multivariate time-series data.
  • Understanding the temporal evolution of cases and deaths is crucial for public health policy.
  • Existing methods may not fully capture the complex dynamics of pandemic progression across nations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and apply a novel cluster-based method for analyzing the evolution of multivariate time series.
  • To investigate the relationship and temporal dynamics between COVID-19 cases and deaths across countries.
  • To identify anomalous country-specific progressions and inform public health policy interventions.

Main Methods:

  • A cluster-based approach was used to partition countries daily based on COVID-19 case and death counts.
  • Algorithmic determination of the number of clusters and individual country cluster memberships.
  • A new method for comparing affinity matrices was employed to determine optimal temporal offsets between case and death evolutions.

Main Results:

  • A strong similarity was observed in the temporal evolution of COVID-19 cases and deaths.
  • The number of clusters for case counts consistently preceded that of death counts by 32 days.
  • An optimal 16-day offset revealed greatest consistency between cluster groupings, enabling identification of anomalous countries.

Conclusions:

  • The cluster analysis provides insights into pandemic dynamics and the relationship between reported cases and mortality.
  • Identifying countries with anomalous case-to-death progression can highlight the impact of public policies.
  • This methodology aids in evaluating the effectiveness of public health strategies in minimizing COVID-19 mortality.