Forecasting Covid-19 New Cases in San Marino

Abstract

In this research article, the ANN approach was applied to analyze daily new cases of COVID-19 in San Marino. This study is based on daily new cases of COVID-19 in San Marino for the period 1 January 2020 – 25 March 2021. The out-of-sample forecast covers the period 26 March 2021 – 31 July 2021. The residuals and forecast evaluation criteria (Error, MSE and MAE) of the applied model indicate that the model is stable in forecasting daily new cases of COVID-19 in the country. The results of the study indicate that daily COVID-19 cases in San Marino are likely to significantly decline over the out-of-sample period. We, however; still recommend that the government of San Mario should ensure adherence to lock-down measures while creating massive awareness about the COVID-19 pandemic as well as scaling up vaccinations. 

Country : Zimbabwe

1 Dr. Smartson. P. NYONI2 Mr. Thabani NYONI3 Mr. Tatenda. A. CHIHOHO

  1. ZICHIRe Project, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
  2. SAGIT Innovation Center, Harare, Zimbabwe
  3. Independent Health Economist, Harare, Zimbabwe

IRJIET, Volume 5, Issue 6, June 2021 pp. 561-566

doi.org/10.47001/IRJIET/2021.506098

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