Analysing and comparing the COVID-19 data: The closed cases of Hubei and South Korea, the dark March in Europe, the beginning of the outbreak in South America

Stefano De Leo; Gabriel Gulak Maia; Leonardo Solidoro

able under a is the author/funder, who has granted medRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. The α-factor, representing the spreading rate of COVID-19, is plotted for the South American countries as a function of the TCCpM. The Ecuador and Chile curves display a significant growth, Uruguay seems to have reached the maximum region. The other South American countries follow a very similar path in the of the disease. CC-BY 4.0 International license It is made available under a is the author/funder, who has granted medRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. Comparison between the early development of Covid-19 outbreak in South America and Europe. The lower α factor in the initial outbreak of the majority of the South American countries with respect to the European ones suggests that, by anticipating the protective measures in the initial stage of the disease, the majority of the South American countries have been successful in preventing an increased spreading of the outbreak in comparison to Europe. CC-BY 4.0 International license It is made available under a is the author/funder, who has granted medRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity.