Emerging Infectious Diseases (Aug 2020)

Doubling Time of the COVID-19 Epidemic by Province, China

  • Kamalich Muniz-Rodriguez,
  • Gerardo Chowell,
  • Chi-Hin Cheung,
  • Dongyu Jia,
  • Po-Ying Lai,
  • Yiseul Lee,
  • Manyun Liu,
  • Sylvia K. Ofori,
  • Kimberlyn M. Roosa,
  • Lone Simonsen,
  • Cecile Viboud,
  • Isaac Chun-Hai Fung

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2608.200219
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 26, no. 8
pp. 1912 – 1914

Abstract

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In China, the doubling time of the coronavirus disease epidemic by province increased during January 20–February 9, 2020. Doubling time estimates ranged from 1.4 (95% CI 1.2–2.0) days for Hunan Province to 3.1 (95% CI 2.1–4.8) days for Xinjiang Province. The estimate for Hubei Province was 2.5 (95% CI 2.4–2.6) days.

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