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International Society of Science and Applied Technologies |
| Exploring the Impact of COVID-19 on Four Regions of the U.S. | ||||
| Author | Kehan Gao
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| Co-Author(s) | Sarah Tasneem; Taghi M. Khoshgoftaar
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| Abstract | Since the United States is a vast country with a large population, the progress of COVID-19 varies by region, state, and county. Most established surveillance and tracking systems are at the state, county, or national level. This article provides a unique insight for monitoring and tracking the spread and impact of COVID-19 at the regional level. We investigated the impact of COVID-19 on four regions of the United Sates from a disease and economy perspective. The results demonstrated that at different times, all regions were severely hit by COVID-19. During the first outbreak in the spring, the Northeast was hit hard and the death rate was high. In the summer, the spread of the disease slowed down and remained calm in the Northeast, but it severely affected other areas, such as the South and the West. With the arrival of fall and winter in the North, the epidemic began to spread widely and intensively throughout the country, resulting in a rapid increase in morbidity and mortality in all regions. However, compared with the first wave of COVID-19 that occurred in the Northeast in the spring, the case-fatality rate has dropped sharply. Economic data shows that due to the nationwide pandemic lockdown, the US insured unemployment rate soared in March last year. With the lifting of the ban, unemployment began to improve. Among the four regions, compared with the Northeast and the West, the South and the Midwest were less affected.
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| Keywords | COVID-19, pandemic, incidence rate, mortality rate, case-fatality rate, insured unemployment rate | |||
| Article #: RQD26-149 | ||||
Proceedings of 26th ISSAT International Conference on Reliability & Quality in Design |