Influence of Mobility Restrictions on Transmission of COVID-19 in the state of Maryland -- the USA

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2109.12219v1
• Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2021 22:15:40 GMT
• Title: Influence of Mobility Restrictions on Transmission of COVID-19 in the state of Maryland -- the USA
• Authors: Nandini Raghuraman (1), Kartik Kaushik (1), Deb Niemeier (2) (1 Department of Epidemiology and Public Health University of Maryland School of Medicine, 2 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Maryland College Park)
• Abstract summary: The novel coronavirus, COVID-19, was first detected in the United States in January 2020. To curb the spread of the disease in mid-March, different states issued mandatory stay-at-home (SAH) orders. We studied the impact of restrictions on mobility on reducing COVID-19 transmission.
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• Abstract: Background: The novel coronavirus, COVID-19, was first detected in the United States in January 2020. To curb the spread of the disease in mid-March, different states issued mandatory stay-at-home (SAH) orders. These nonpharmaceutical interventions were mandated based on prior experiences, such as the 1918 influenza epidemic. Hence, we decided to study the impact of restrictions on mobility on reducing COVID-19 transmission. Methods: We designed an ecological time series study with our exposure variable as Mobility patterns in the state of Maryland for March- December 2020 and our outcome variable as the COVID-19 hospitalizations for the same period. We built an Extreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost) ensemble machine learning model and regressed the lagged COVID-19 hospitalizations with Mobility volume for different regions of Maryland. Results: We found an 18% increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations when mobility was increased by a factor of five, similarly a 43% increase when mobility was further increased by a factor of ten. Conclusion: The findings of our study demonstrated a positive linear relationship between mobility and the incidence of COVID-19 cases. These findings are partially consistent with other studies suggesting the benefits of mobility restrictions. Although more detailed approach is needed to precisely understand the benefits and limitations of mobility restrictions as part of a response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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