Author: Hortacsu, Ali; Liu, Jiarui; Schwieg, Timothy
Title: Estimating the Fraction of Unreported Infections in Epidemics with a Known Epicenter: an Application to COVID-19 Cord-id: pv9risbr Document date: 2020_4_17
ID: pv9risbr
Snippet: We develop a simple analytical method to estimate the fraction of unreported infections in epidemics with a known epicenter and estimate the number of unreported COVID-19 infections in the US during the first half of March 2020. Our method utilizes the covariation in initial reported infections across US regions and the number of travelers to these regions from the epicenter, along with the results of a randomized testing study in Iceland. We estimate that 4%-14% (1.5%-10%) of actual infections
Document: We develop a simple analytical method to estimate the fraction of unreported infections in epidemics with a known epicenter and estimate the number of unreported COVID-19 infections in the US during the first half of March 2020. Our method utilizes the covariation in initial reported infections across US regions and the number of travelers to these regions from the epicenter, along with the results of a randomized testing study in Iceland. We estimate that 4%-14% (1.5%-10%) of actual infections had been reported in US up to March 16, accounting for an assumed reporting lag of 8 (5) days.
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