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The COVID-19 epidemic accelerated in Fall 2020 due to testing capacity limits, not just time-dependent factors. This led to more undetected cases, increasing the effective reproduction rate and underestimating epidemic spread in standard models.

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  • Mathematical Modeling
  • Public Health

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  • Rapid increases in COVID-19 cases and effective reproduction rates were observed in Europe in Fall 2020.
  • Epidemic acceleration is typically attributed to time-dependent factors like travel, seasonality, or pathogen mutations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if epidemic acceleration can be explained by the exhaustion of public health capacity limits.
  • To develop a compartmental model that incorporates testing and contact tracing capacity limits.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a time-independent, autonomous compartmental model.
  • Incorporated capacity limits for testing and contact tracing into the model.
  • Analyzed data from Austria as a case study.

Main Results:

  • The model demonstrated that epidemic acceleration coincides with the exhaustion of mitigation efforts.
  • An increasing fraction of undetected cases drives the effective reproduction rate higher.
  • Standard models without capacity limits systematically underestimate the effective reproduction rate.

Conclusions:

  • Testing and contact tracing capacity limits are critical factors in epidemic dynamics.
  • Models must account for these limits to accurately estimate epidemic spread and reproduction rates.
  • This approach provides a more realistic understanding of COVID-19 acceleration during periods of high case incidence.