Estimating spatiotemporal patterns of deaths by COVID-19 outbreak on a global scale.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Our main objective is to estimate the trend of deaths by COVID-19 on a global scale, considering the six continents.

Study design

The study design was a retrospective observational study conducted using the secondary data provided by the Our World in Data project on a public domain.

Setting

This study was conducted based on worldwide deaths by COVID-19 recorded for the Our World in Data project from 29 February 2020 to 17 February 2021.

Methods

Estimating the trend in COVID-19 deaths is not a trivial task due to the problems associated with the COVID-19 data, such as the spatial and temporal heterogeneity, observed seasonality and the delay between the onset of symptoms and diagnosis, indicating a relevant measurement error problem and changing the se

SUBMITTER: Valente F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8359872 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature