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CalCAT Download Center

The Download Center provides an interface for user's to download canned, custom, or historical data from CalCAT. Historical data is limited to data ingested and published from June 15th, 2020 on forward. Please note that ensemble estimates for historical data are back-calculated using current methods.

Canned downloads are files that underlie all visualizations on the nowcast and forecast tabs.

Custom downloads are are user defined and include the ability to request historical data.

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Nowcasts

Covid Act Now

Covid Act Now

Covid Act Now provides statewide and county-level estimates of R-effective, taking mortality and confirmed cases as inputs. Because of potential reporting delays and errors in the data, they perform smoothing, and require 10 preceding days of data. County-level estimates on the \"Nowcasts\" tab show average R-effective for the last seven (7) days.

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LEMMA

localepi.github.io

LEMMA is an open-source SEIR model with compartments for hospitalization and symptom severity. The model is calibrated to hospitalization, ICU and death data using Bayesian methods. LEMMA provides credibility intervals and scenarios for future cases, hospitalization, ICU, deaths and Rt. Users can download the LEMMA package and input their own data and priors for parameters using R or a simple Excel interface.

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covidestim

covidestim.org

Covidestim calculates state-level effective reproductive numbers, taking cases, deaths and test positivity rates as inputs. It has corrections to account for lags in diagnosis, disease duration and mortality risk.

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UC Irvine - Rt-estim

This Rt-estim-gamma model by Isaac Goldstein and Volodymyr Minin at UC Irvine and Jon Wakefield at University of Washington is a branching process inspired model where cases are modeled as noisy realizations of latent unobserved incidence. The number of diagnostic tests is incorporated as a covariate into the surveillance model to adjust for changes in testing volume over time.

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UC Irvine - Wastewater

This model by Isaac Goldstein and Volodymyr Minin at UC Irvine uses a modified compartmental model where viral pathogen genome concentrations are modeled as a noisy realization of a weighted sum of the number of infectious and recently recovered individuals.

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UCSF

ca-covid-r.info

The UCSF model uses raw data from three sources: new cases by county from California Health and Human Services; wastewater readings from the Cal-SuWers network (“Wastewater (C)”) and additional wastewater figures from BioBot Analytics (“Wastewater (B)”). The Wallinga-Teunis technique is used to estimate reproduction numbers, corrected for right censoring of the case detection data.

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UC Santa Cruz

The County of Santa Cruz COVID-19 model is a probabilistic SEIR model with compartments for hospitalizations and ICU visits. Population-averaged COVID-19 data from three wastewater plants, along with hospitalization, ICU and death data, are used to inform model estimates using Bayesian techniques. These estimates include the effective reproductive number Rt and hospitalization projections, also available at the County of Santa Cruz Health Services Agency website.

County of Santa Cruz Health Services Agency website
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CDPH Wallinga Teunis

The Wallinga and Teunis method is based on the probabilistic reconstruction of disease transmission chains to estimate the number of secondary cases per infected individual. It is robust and only requires only case incidence data and the distribution of the serial interval (the time between the onset of symptoms in a primary case and the onset of symptoms of secondary cases) to estimate the % of cases from each day which were infected by cases on previous days. This data used for the estimate is derived from the CDPH line list of cases indexed by the date of symptom onset. The serial interval is given by a Weibull distribution with mean interval of 5.5 days. The methodology is implemented in the R programming language by the R0 package.

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CDPH JRC

This is the European Commission's Joint Research Center's methodology for calculating R0 and R-effective, as implemented by the CDPH. The method is based on estimating the slope of the exponential growth curve of the time series for new cases. CDPH uses officially reported California case data indexed by episode date, and a serial interval of 3 days.

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CDPH Cislaghi

This method calculates R-effective as the number of newly diagnosed cases on day s over the number of newly diagnosed cases on day (s - T), where T is the incubation time. CDPH uses officially reported California case data indexed by episode date, and an incubation period (T) of 3 days. To smooth the curve and to avoid strong daily variations due to noise, R-effective was calculated as a seven-day moving average.

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CDPH Wastewater estimateR

estimateR Package

R forecast Package

Wastewater samples are collected and processed by WastewaterSCAN, an organization that partners with the Cal-SuWers Network to monitor wastewater at wastewater treatment plants in California. To reduce the effect of noise, the wastewater data is processed with spline smoothing followed by a square root transformation. To convert from viral shedding events in wastewater to a time series of infection events, the estimateR method uses a gamma delay distribution with a mean of 5 days and a standard deviation of 0.5 days (Huisman et al. 2022). Using the inferred infection time series, estimateR calculates the effective reproduction number by implementing a wrapper around the EpiEstim package (Scire et al. 2022). The generation time distribution input to EpiEstim is gamma distributed with a mean of 6.84 days, and a standard deviation of 4.48 days (Manica et al. 2022).

To account for lags introduced by deconvolution and wastewater data reporting, wastewater for each treatment plant is forecasted until the present day using a TBATS time series model optimized by the forecast package. TBATS is an exponential smoothing model designed to forecast data with complex seasonal patterns (De Livera et al. 2011). This step provides a nowcasted, current-day estimate of the effective reproduction number. The effective reproduction number for each wastewater treatment plant is subsequently aggregated to the county level via population weighting.

CDC overview of wastewater surveillance

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Ensemble Nowcast

The ensemble nowcast takes the median of all the nowcasts available on a given date and smooths it with a three-day moving average. The methodology aims to be robust to outliers and to avoid kinks in the median nowcast when an input source for the ensemble estimate is unavailable on a certain date.

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Forecasts

Northeastern MOBS GLEAM Project

covid19.gleamproject.org

The Global Epidemic and Mobility Model (GLEAM) uses a individual-based, stochastic spatial epidemic model. The model uses mobility data and travel patterns to simulate spatial contact patterns. The likely ranges of basic parameters, such as R0 and IFR, are inferred from observed data.

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COVID-19 Forecast Hub

covid19forecasthub.org

The Reich Lab at the UMass-Amherst is an Influenza Forecasting Center of Excellence and the source for the official CDC COVID-19 Forecasting page. Taking other forecasts as the input, this is arithmetic average across eligible models of cumulative deaths forecasts. Forecasts are weekly out to four (4) weeks, at the state and national level.

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LEMMA

localepi.github.io

LEMMA is an open-source SEIR model with compartments for hospitalization and symptom severity. The model is calibrated to hospitalization, ICU and death data using Bayesian methods. LEMMA provides credibility intervals and scenarios for future cases, hospitalization, ICU, deaths and Rt. Users can download the LEMMA package and input their own data and priors for parameters using R or a simple Excel interface.

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UC Irvine - SIRS

vnminin.github.io

This model by Vladimir Minin and Damon Bayer at UC Irvine is a SEIR type model stratified by Omicron vs non-Omicron infection with hospitalization compartments. The model is calibrated to California hospital data from the California open data portal using data on COVID variant prevalence from GISAID."

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UCSF COVID Near Term

UCSF, COVID Near Term

CovidNearTerm is a bootstrap-based method based on an autoregressive model to estimate at the county level the expected number of COVID-19 patients that will hospitalized 2-4 weeks into the future. It is based on the work of researchers at UCSF (Adam Olshen), Stanford (Kristopher Kapphahn, Ariadna Garcia, Isabel Wang and Manisha Desai) and Memorial Sloan-Kettering (Mithat Gonen).

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ARIMA-based Model

R forecast Package

Model forecasts are the result of utilizing the forecast package's automatic ARIMA forecasting model. Note that the form of the model may vary between counties and over subsequent published forecasts.

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Holt’s Model

R forecast Package

The Holt's linear trend method extends simple exponential smoothing to allow the forecasting of data with a trend (Holt 2004).

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Damped Holt’s Model

R forecast Package

The Damped Holt's model is an exponential smoothing model designed to damp erratic trends (Gardner & Mckenzie 1985).

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NNETAR Model

R forecast Package

The neural network autoregression (NNETAR) model is a system of feed-forward neural networks with a single hidden layer and lagged inputs.

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Ensemble Forecast

The ensemble forecast takes the median of all the forecasts available on a given date and fits a smoothed spline to the trend. The methodology aims to be robust to outliers, and to avoid artifacts (i.e. abrupt kinks) when the median forecast switches from one source to another.

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Scenarios

COVID-19 Scenario Modeling Hub

Scenario Modeling Hub

Scenario Hub Viz

Round 17

No vaccine recommendation scenario assumes negligible uptake or the ongoing slow uptake as a result of the fall 2022 reformulated booster into the future as they see fit.

Reformulated booster recommendation for 65+ and immunocompromised scenario assumes uptake of annual reformulated booster in the 65+ group follows uptake previously observed for the first booster dose authorized in September 2021. And that, there is negligible additional vaccination in groups under 65 years for whom there is no recommendation.

Reformulated booster recommedation for all scenario assumes coverage in individuals under 65 years to saturate at the level of the first booster recommended in late 2021 (approximately 34% nationally).

Low immune escape scenario assumes immune escape occurs at a constant rate of 20% per year.

High immune escape scenario assumes immune escape occurs at a constant rate of 50% per year.

Scenario Hub Contributors

• Johns Hopkins University Infectious Disease Dynamics COVID-19 Working Group's COVID Scenario Pipeline
• Northeastern University MOBS Lab — GLEAM COVID
• University of Southern California (USC) — SIkJα
• University of Virginia — adaptive
• Columbia University - Age Stratefied
• University of Texas at Austin - ImmunoSEIRS

Scenario Hub Ensemble LOP Untrimmed

The LOP untrimmed ensemble projection is calculated by averaging cumulative probabilities of a given value across submissions. All values are included in the average. From the resulting distribution, medians and uncertainty intervals are derived. Ensemble projection includes only those submissions that reported quantiles for their targets.

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LEMMA

localepi.github.io

LEMMA provides scenarios to depict how Omicron might affect hospitalizations in California in the coming weeks and months.

Optimistic assumes the Omicron hospitalization rate in immunonaive is much lower than for Delta and length of stay is shorter than for Delta.

Central assumes the Omicron hospitalization rate in immunonaive is lower than for Delta.

Pessimistic assumes the Omicron hospitalization rate in immunonaive is slightly lower than for Delta and booster vaccine effectiveness is lower,.

LEMMA scenarios either include 'for COVID' only (no incidental COVID) or 'with COVID' (includes incidental COVID). The current model assumption is that 40% of COVID positive patients are incidental admissions (not primarily due to COVID).

LEMMA is an open-source SEIR model with compartments for hospitalization and symptom severity. The model is calibrated to hospitalization, ICU and death data using Bayesian methods. LEMMA provides credibility intervals and scenarios for future cases, hospitalization, ICU, deaths and Rt. Users can download the LEMMA package and input their own data and priors for parameters using R or a simple Excel interface.
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Columbia

Columbia University, Shaman Group

The Shaman group from Columbia University projects nationwide, county-level estimates of R-effective, daily new confirmed case, daily new infection (both reported and unreported), cumulative demand of hospital beds, ICU, and ventilators, as well as daily mortality (2.5, 25, 50, 75 and 97.5 percentiles).

No change assumes that current contact rates will remain unchanged in the future.

1x increased transmission (5_1xbeta_Lmin0p5) assumes a one-time 5% increase in contact rates at the start of the projection. The following week, the effective reproduction number R is set to 1. As the simulation progresses, R_eff decreases as the fraction of susceptible individuals in the population decreases.

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Variants

CDPH Projection Models

Models based on previously observed variant proportions are used to generate real-time estimates of variant proportions. Each model is applied separately to both the integrated genomic epidemiology dataset (IGED) and Terra.

The logistic proportion model is based on methods presented in Althaus et al 2021. It uses the last 60 days of data to estimate a trend in variant growth assuming it is following a logistic pattern.

The multinomial spline model is based on methods presented in Davies et al 2021. It uses a multinomial logistic regression with cubic spline terms to estimate temporal trends in the frequency each variant is observed.

The variant simple growth model is currently only estimated statewide and uses variants specific effective reproduction numbers (R_eff) and simple growth models to estimate variant specific case counts. Variant proportions are then estimated from these case counts as the proportion of projected new cases caused by each variant. The model to estimate variant specific reproduction numbers is based on methods presented in Figgins & Bedford 2021.

The ensemble mean model is the average of the available projection models listed above. The range displayed in the plot is the lowest to highest uncertainty estimates from the input models.

Note: Particularly in regions with smaller populations, uncertainty in the actual proportions and projections should be heeded. Uncertainty can be viewed by hovering over the relevant data in the plots.

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Forecasts

CDC FluSight

CDC FluSight GitHub

CMU-TimeSeries

A basic quantile autoregression fit using influenza-related hospitalizations and doctors visits, jointly trained across locations using the most recently available 21 days of data.

Predictive Science (PSI)

Deterministic fit of a compartmental SIHR model to weekly, CA region level, hospitalization incidence profiles, followed by stochastic simulations using the inferred parameter distributions. The ‘H’ compartment is divided into two compartments to ensure the correct generation time for the Infectious compartment and proper fitting of the portion of infectious individuals that are hospitalized. For each of the five CA regions, the model fit is inferred by an MCMC procedure and run forward at a weekly cadence.

SGroup-RandomForest

Random forest ensemble of the predictors generated from the SGroup-SIkJalpha submission, HHS data, as well as historical FluSurv-NET data.

UMass-trends_ensemble

Equally weighted ensemble of simple time-series baseline models. Each baseline model calculates first differences of incidence in recent weeks. These differences are sampled and then added to the most recently observed incidence.

CDC Ensemble

The CDC Ensemble from the CDC FluSight Challenge includes all available flu forecasts for the state of California.

CDPH Models

These forecasts consist of four time series forecast approaches:

• Autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA): uses a weighted linear sum of recent past observations or lags
• Holt’s linear trend method: extended simple exponential smoothing to allow the forecasting of data with a trend (Holt 2004)
• Damped Holt’s: an exponential smoothing model designed to damp erratic trends (Gardner & Mckenzie 1985)
• Neural network autoregression (NNETAR): feed-forward neural networks with a single hidden layer and lagged inputs

At the state level, the hierarchical public health region and flu surveillance region models are sums of the ensemble estimates of each respective regional grouping.

CDPH Ensemble

The ensemble model is the median value of all available CDPH models. The lower and upper 95% prediction intervals for the ensemble are calculated by interpolating quantiles of all available models for a given geographic region.

Scenarios

Flu Scenario Modeling Hub
Scenario Hub Viz

Round 3

Round 3 is a direct update of Round 2 with 3 extra weeks of data.

The optimistic immunity scenarios assume no impact of missed flu seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic on prior immunity i.e., same amount of prior immunity as in a typical, pre-COVID19 pandemic prior season.

The pessimistic immunity scenarios assume a substantial impact of missed flu seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic on prior immunity i.e., 50% lower immunity than a typical pre-COVID19 pandemic season.

The high vaccine effectiveness scenarios assume 50% vaccine effectiveness against medically attended influenza illnesses and hospitalizations (comparable to 2015-2016 season).

The low vaccine effectiveness scenarios assume a 30% vaccine effectiveness against medically attended influenza illnesses and hospitalizations (comparable to 2018-2019 season).

Scenario Hub Contributors

California Department of Public Health – FluCAT

The model is a stochastic, mechanistic model implemented via the tau leap method for the state of California.

Northeastern University MOBS Lab — GLEAM Flu

GLEAM is an age-structured metapopulation model that includes high resolution demographic data, short-range commuting flows, domestic air traffic, and age-specific contact patterns.

National Institutes of Health

FluD: Mechanistic age-structured SEIRS model.

Flu_TS: Dynamic harmonic regression model with ARMA errors and exogenous covariates for cumulative vaccination coverage, seasonal vaccine effectiveness, weekly A/H3N2 circulation, and weekly influenza infections.

Predictive Science

Scenario projections are generated using a mechanistic model with S[Sv]I[Iv]HR compartments, where 'v' subscripts indicate vaccinated.

University of Southern California (USC) — SIkJα

Discrete heterogeneous rate model where rates are learned using regression weighing the recently seen data higher. Past seasons' rates are used as a proxy for seasonality.

University of Texas at Austin - ImmunoSEIRS

A two virus model that explicitly tracks the immunity caused by natural infections and vaccination and its impact on the average chances of infection, hospitalization and death.

University of Virginia - EpiHiper and EpiHiperFlu

EpiHiper is an agent-based model that computes stochastic transmissions of a disease in a synthetic contact network between individuals and stochastic state transitions within each individual.

University of Virginia — FluXSim

Metapopulation simulation over age- and spatially-stratified synthetic contact network.