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We don't know the total number of infections in Italy so we can't get a meaningful estimate from there.



Meneghini and Gram Pedersen of University of Padova just extended the standard “SIR” epidemiology model with quarantine and it has the nice property of being able to estimate the infections from the observables. Preprint on Researchgate: “ Quantifying undetected COVID-19 cases and effects of containment measures in Italy”




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