So Paulo State 'Lockdown' Inevitable If Self-Isolation Does Not Rise in the Coming Weeks, Study Sho
São Paulo State 'Lockdown' Inevitable If Self-Isolation Does Not Rise in the Coming Weeks, Study Shows
Calculation shows that without major restrictions SP state will have 53,500 new infections per day by the end of June
May.13.2020 1:27PM
Karina Toledo
Projections made with a mathematical model developed at the Unicamp (State University of Campinas) show that São Paulo state will have to adopt a mandatory "lockdown," if the level of social isolation does not rise significantly in the coming weeks, starting this Tuesday (12).
Between May 8 and 10, São Paulo state recorded, on average, 1,839 new daily cases of COVID-19, with 1,033 in the capital alone. The contagion rate (R0) is the number of people to whom an infected person transmits the virus. If this number, calculated from the 30 days before May 10, is applied to the end of June, then São Paulo state will have 53,500 new infections, with 20,800 daily cases in the city of São Paulo alone.
During this period, the number of new cases will likely double every 11.5 days for the state and every 12.9 days for the capital in the coming weeks.
The model analyzed the real data growth of coronavirus cases in the last month, which shows a contagion rate of 1.49 for the state and 1.44 for the city of São Paulo.
More:
https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/scienceandhealth/2020/05/sao-paulo-state-lockdown-inevitable-if-self-isolation-does-not-rise-in-the-coming-weeks-study-shows.shtml
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