Research Article

Mid-Epidemic Forecasts of COVID-19 Cases and Deaths: A Bivariate Model Applied to the UK

Table 2

Fit to training data (WAIC criterion).

Poisson-gammaPoisson-lognormalPoisson-log-Student

M = 80
Cases605.0600.0564.1
Deaths365.7367.4350.4
Total970.7967.4914.5

M = 100
Cases851.6845.8808.8
Deaths562.0560.1550.1
Total1413.61405.91358.9

M = 120
Cases1097.01086.31042.3
Deaths743.3741.4731.5
Total1840.41827.71773.8