Predicting the Spread of the Corona Virus Disease Requires Analyzing Data from Cases across Multiple States in India

Abstract

Data analysis is very sophisticated tool in recent corona virus pandemic to find the trend of spreading pattern for controlling the infection. In this perspective, predictive analytics can be useful for data analysis to forecast the corona virus pandemic. This paper presents the infection pattern of corona virus disease, termed as COVID-19 in top seven states in India. Prophet Algorithm forecasting model was used to analyze state-wise spreading pattern of corona virus disease with respect to confirmed, deaths and cured cases. This predictive model can be very helpful to government and health care communities to combat this deadly virus by initiating suitable actions to control its spread.

Keywords

• covid-19
• predictive analytics
• forecasting model
• prophet algorithm