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Monday effect on confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Japan
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2021
medRxiv
pre-print
We examined the phenomenon of fewer new confirmed cases on Monday in Japan, which we refer to as the Monday effect. In Japan, prefectures aggregate and announce the number of daily confirmed cases. We analyzed the impact of this effect in each prefecture. The effect is mainly found in prefectures with populations of 2 million or more. This effect is also constantly observed in the three major metropolitan areas in Japan. However, the magnitude of the observed effect is uncorrelated with both
doi:10.1101/2021.07.20.21260858
fatcat:6nf2eiuxafeohnbzycpjxzp4ya