Nowcasting with leading indicators applied to COVID-19 fatalities in Sweden
利用领先指标即时预测瑞典新冠死亡人数
The real-time analysis of infectious disease surveillance data, e.g., in the form of a time-series of reported cases or fatalities, is essential in obtaining situational awareness about the current dynamics of an adverse health event such as the COVID-19 pandemic. This real-time analysis is complicated by reporting delays that lead to underreporting of the number of events for the most recent time points (e.g., days or weeks). This can lead to misconceptions by the…