Table 4 The basic reproduction number, R₀, at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and contact average rate, contact_av, before the COVID-19 outbreak for each geographical location under study. The table also contains total population numbers, the growth factor in the neighbourhood of the DFE (ρ), and duration of initial exponential growth phase

1

Ontario

14,734,014

11.04531438

1.856251

1.239646

5

2

Florida

21,477,737

10.50481103

2.547635

2.044037

2

3

Romania

19,237,682

10.53032815

2.183026

1.63537

3

4

Sweden

10,099,270

11.09614737

2.372179

1.851232

4

5

Italy

60,461,828

12.38928992

4.054303

3.485834

2

6

Ghana

31,072,945

16.04056691

2.373496

1.852704

2

7

South Africa

59,308,690

13.21954859

3.143281

2.654134

2

8

Saudi Arabia

34,813,867

13.26255761

2.533263

2.028494

2

9

Indonesia

273,523,621

12.54859287

2.733693

2.241501

2

10

Nepal

29,136,808

16.09865556

2.025042

1.447956

2

11

Brazil

212,559,409

12.72484009

2.680081

2.185299

2

12

Argentina

45,195,777

12.13054343

1.998173

1.415379

3