Modelling the Transmission Dynamics of COVID-19 in Six High-Burden Countries

Table 1

Depiction and estimation of the model parameters for six countries.

Countries	Parameters	Description	Estimated values	References
Australia		Population in 2020	25,499,884	[15]
		Death rate		[16]
		Transmission rate		Fitted
		Progression rate from to		Assumed
		Progression rate from to		Assumed
		Recovery rate from to		Assumed
		Recovery rate from to		Assumed
		Infection saturation rate		Assumed
		Comorbidity rate	0.3	Assumed
		Recruitment rate
Italy		Population in 2020	60,461,826	[17]
		Death rate		[16]
		Transmission rate		Fitted
		Progression rate from to		Assumed
		Progression rate from to		Assumed
		Recovery rate from to		Assumed
		Recovery rate from to		Assumed
		Infection saturation rate		Assumed
		Comorbidity rate	0.3	Assumed
		Recruitment rate
Spain		Population in 2020	46,754,778	[18]
		Death rate		[16]
		Transmission rate		Fitted
		Progression rate from to		Assumed
		Progression rate from to		Assumed
		Recovery rate from to		Assumed
		Recovery rate from to		Assumed
		Infection saturation rate		Assumed
		Comorbidity rate	0.3	Assumed
		Recruitment rate
USA		Population in 2020		[19]
		Death rate		[16]
		Transmission rate		Fitted
		Progression rate from to		Assumed
		Progression rate from to		Assumed
		Recovery rate from to		Assumed
		Recovery rate from to		Assumed
		Infection saturation rate		Assumed
		Comorbidity rate	0.3	Assumed
		Recruitment rate
UK		Population in 2020	67,886,011	[20]
		Death rate		[16]
		Transmission rate		Fitted
		Progression rate from to		Assumed
		Progression rate from to		Assumed
		Recovery rate from to		Assumed
		Recovery rate from to		Assumed
		Infection saturation rate		Assumed
		Comorbidity rate	0.3	Assumed
		Recruitment rate
Canada		Population in 2020	37,742,154	[21]
		Death rate		[16]
		Transmission rate		Fitted
		Progression rate from to		Assumed
		Progression rate from to		Assumed
		Recovery rate from to		Assumed
		Recovery rate from to		Assumed
		Infection saturation rate		Assumed
		Comorbidity rate	0.3	Assumed
		Recruitment rate