Unmasking the actual COVID-19 case count

Samuel C. Kou; Shihao Yang; Chia Jung Chang; Teck Hua Ho; Lisa Graver

doi:10.1093/cid/ciaa580

Unmasking the actual COVID-19 case count

Samuel C. Kou^*, Shihao Yang, Chia Jung Chang, Teck Hua Ho, Lisa Graver

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Abstract

This report presents a novel approach to estimate the total number of COVID-19 cases in the United States, including undocumented infections, by combining the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's influenza-like illness surveillance data with aggregated prescription data. We estimated that the cumulative number of COVID-19 cases in the United States by 4 April 2020 was > 2.5 million.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2949-2951
Number of pages	3
Journal	Clinical Infectious Diseases
Volume	71
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa580
Publication status	Published - Dec 1 2020
Externally published	Yes

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Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

Keywords

Aggregated prescription data
CDC's influenza-like illness report
Influenza-like illness
Total case count
Undocumented infection

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