Real-time Prediction of the Daily Incidence of COVID-19 in 215 Countries and Territories Using Machine Learning: Model Development and Validation

Yuanyuan Peng   ^{1 *} , BSc ;   Xinjian Chen   ^{2 *} , MBBS ;   Yibiao Rong   ³ , PhD ;   Chi Pui Pang   ^{2, 4} , DPhil ;   Xinjian Chen   ¹ , PhD ;   Haoyu Chen   ² , MD

¹ School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou, China

² Joint Shantou International Eye Center, Shantou University & the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shantou, China

³ College of Engineering, Shantou University, Shantou, China

⁴ Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (Hong Kong)

*these authors contributed equally