Simulating and Forecasting the Cumulative Confirmed Cases of SARS-CoV-2 in China by Boltzmann Function-based Regression Analyses

As reported in this Journal1 and elsewhere,2 an outbreak of atypical pneumonia caused by the zoonotic 2019 novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) is on-going in China and has spread to the world. As of Feb 16, 2020 (24:00, GMT+8), there have been 70548 confirmed patients and more than 1700 deaths from SARS-CoV-2 infection in China, and 58182 confirmed patients and 1696 deaths in the most affected province, Hubei Province. Much research progress has been made in dissecting the evolution and origin of SARS-CoV-2 and characterizing its clinical features.
Source: Journal of Infection - Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Tags: Letter to Editor Source Type: research