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  • Public Health
  • Data Science

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  • Accurate forecasting of infectious disease spread is crucial for effective public health interventions.
  • Limited availability of granular COVID-19 death data at sub-national levels (EU NUTS-3) hinders precise epidemic modeling in Italy.
  • Integrating diverse data sources is necessary to overcome data gaps in epidemiological research.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a novel forecasting model for COVID-19 transmission dynamics at the Italian provincial (EU NUTS-3) level.
  • To address the challenge of missing official COVID-19 death data at the NUTS-3 level by incorporating supplementary information.
  • To predict key epidemiological indicators including susceptible, infected, deceased, and recovered populations.

Main Methods:

  • Development of an adjusted time-dependent SIRD (Susceptible-Infected-Deceased-Recovered) model.
  • Integration of official Italian Ministry of Health data with information from regional press conferences and local newspapers.
  • Utilizing EU NUTS-3 level data for provincial-level analysis within Italy.

Main Results:

  • The developed forecasting model successfully predicted the behavior of the COVID-19 epidemic at the provincial level.
  • Model performance was validated through rigorous comparison with available real-world epidemiological data.
  • The data integration strategy proved effective in overcoming limitations of official open data channels.

Conclusions:

  • The study demonstrates the feasibility and utility of a data-integrated SIRD model for provincial-level COVID-19 forecasting in Italy.
  • This approach provides valuable insights for regional public health authorities to manage infectious disease outbreaks.
  • Enhanced data integration strategies can significantly improve the accuracy and granularity of epidemic modeling.