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  • Epidemiology
  • Mathematical Modeling
  • Public Health

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  • Reported COVID-19 cases during early pandemic waves likely underestimated true infection numbers.
  • Accurate case ascertainment is crucial for understanding epidemic dynamics and informing public health responses.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To estimate the true number of COVID-19 cases during the first wave of 2020.
  • To quantify the under-reporting of cases in European countries, South Korea, and Brazil.
  • To develop a backcasting framework applicable to other epidemic outbreaks with data limitations.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized delay embedding theorems (Whitney and Takens) and Gaussian process regression.
  • Employed data from the second epidemic wave to backcast the first wave (early 2020).
  • Constructed a dynamical system manifold using fatalities or hospitalizations, restricting to reported cases.

Main Results:

  • European countries studied showed an under-reporting of actual COVID-19 cases by up to 50%.
  • South Korea, with a proactive mitigation strategy, exhibited a significantly smaller underestimation of approximately 18%.
  • The backcasting framework demonstrated the potential for significant underestimation in epidemic data.

Conclusions:

  • The actual number of COVID-19 cases in the initial European waves was substantially higher than reported.
  • Proactive public health interventions, like those in South Korea, may lead to more accurate case reporting.
  • The developed backcasting methodology offers a valuable tool for estimating true case counts in epidemics with data quality issues.