Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

April 2, 2021

A Comprehensive Analysis of COVID-19 Transmission and Mortality Rates at the County Level in the United States Considering Socio-Demographics, Health Indicators, Mobility Trends and Health Care Infrastructure Attributes

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  • Restricting county-level mobility through a stay-at-home-order (SAHO) with 50% compliance could result in a potential reduction of about 33% in daily COVID-19 cases, according to a modeling study. The models used smartphone mobility data and COVID-19 case and death data from March to August 2020 in 1,752 US counties that had at least 100 recorded cases by August 2020, and accounted for socio-demographic characteristics, health indicators and health infrastructure attributes of each county.

Bhowmik et al. (Apr 1, 2021). A Comprehensive Analysis of COVID-19 Transmission and Mortality Rates at the County Level in the United States Considering Socio-Demographics, Health Indicators, Mobility Trends and Health Care Infrastructure Attributes. PLOS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249133