Modelling the Potential Impact of Social Distancing on the COVID-19 Epidemic in South Africa

Table 1

Parameters of the SEIR model for South Africa and their values.

Symbol	Parameter description	Value (range)(day^−1)	Source
	Effective contact rate	1.0598 (0.9011-1.400)	Data fit
	Progression rate	0.5 (0.2-0.6)	[35]
	Recovery rate	0.4345 (0.2-0.5)	[33, 35]
	Social distancing parameter	(0, 1)	By definition
	Proportion of exposed immigrants	(0, 1)	By definition
	Daily rate of immigration	11 244 (10 000-25 000)	[41]