


For example, for a given set of intervention scenarios, you may wish to only examine the potential reduction in cases disaggregated into 3 different age groups, and the impact on the number of hospitalizations averted. You can select those additional features in COVIDTracer Advanced that you wish to use.

Additional explanations are provided in the accompanying manuals, which can be downloaded using the links below.ĭo you have to use all the new features of COVIDTracer Advanced? If you want to return to the default settings, click the “Reset to Default Values” button. In both tools you can click the yellow information buttons on each page to see definitions and explanations. Further, we encourage you to change input values and explore the impact of various scenarios and assumptions (e.g., hours spent to initially interview a case). You can change the values in the white cells in either tool, inputting values that best show the situation in your area. When you download and open COVIDTracer or COVIDTracer Advanced, all inputs are pre-populated with numbers and estimates based on the best available data, wherever possible (for instance, peer-reviewed studies, expert opinion, and pre-print manuscripts). Rather, they are designed to aid public health officials in planning and preparing for contact tracing of COVID-19 cases. Can COVIDTracer be used to accurately estimate the impact of COVID-19?ĬOVIDTracer and COVIDTracer Advanced numbers are NOT predictions of what will occur during the COVID-19 pandemic.
