Early mandated social distancing is a strong predictor of reduction in peak daily new COVID-19 cases.

Public Health · 2021 · PMC7577666 · PMID 33317819

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a clear trendno p-value reported

There was a clear trend towards the association between the total number of COVID-19 cases on the start date of mandated social distancing and the highest number of new COVID-19 cases per day when plotted on a logarithmic scale using a scatter plot ( Fig. 4 ).

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a positive trendno p-value reported

Visually, Australia appeared to have plateaued; however, based on a positive trend over the last 13 days of regression, it was classified as not plateaued.

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