Table 2 Parameter descriptions and values for Model 2
Parameters | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|
N | Population size | 500,000 |
β | Transmission rate (per day) | 0.8 |
1/κ | Latent period (days) | 1.9 |
γ1 | Recovery rate for asymptomatic individuals (1/days) | 1/4.1 |
γ2 | Recovery rate for infectious individuals recovering without hospitalization (1/days) | 1/2.3 |
α | Rate of diagnosis for hospitalized individuals (days) | 0.555 |
ρ | Proportion of latent individuals progressing to infectious class (vs. asymptomatic class) | 0.6 |
q | Reduction factor in transmissibility for asymptomatic cases | 0.4 |
R0 | Basic reproductive number | 1.89 |