Research Article

Modeling and Analysis of COVID-19 Spread: The Impacts of Nonpharmaceutical Protocols

Table 3

Values of biological parameters used in simulations of the COVID-19 model in Egypt 2020.

ParametersBiological interpretationValue (unit)Reference

Total human population size102,334,404 (individual)[32]
Per capita death rate (inverse of life expectancy) (1/day)[32]
Recruitment rate of people (1/day)Estimated
COVID-19-induced mortality rate in class (1/day)Fitted
Effective transmission rate of infection from asymptomatic individualsFitted
Proportion of quarantine effect on effective contact rateFitted
Hospitalization rate of symptomatic individuals (1/day)Fitted
Proportion of asymptomatically infected cases after the incubation periodFitted
Average incubation period of coronavirus (day)Fitted
Recovery rate from quarantined individuals (1/day)Fitted
Rate of recovery for asymptomatic individuals (1/day)Fitted
Recovery rate from symptomatic individuals (1/day)Fitted
Rate of recovery for hospitalized patients (1/day)Fitted
Quarantine rate of exposed individuals (1/day)Fitted
Virus transmission coefficient (1/day)Fitted
Rate of hospitalization from quarantined infected populations (1/day)Fitted
COVID-19-induced mortality rate in class (1/day)Fitted
COVID-19-induced death rate in class (1/day)Fitted