Table 4 Top 5 countries with the best and worst performance by percentage error with Models 1 and 2.

From: A novel bidirectional LSTM deep learning approach for COVID-19 forecasting

Model 1

Top 5 countries with best results

Average cases per day during prediction period

In or out of infection wave

Part of infection wave

Number of infection waves

1

Singapore

30

Out

NA

2

2

Montenegro

438

In

Increasing

4

3

Belgium

2150

Out

NA

2

4

Congo Kinhasa

165

In

Declining

2

5

Slovakia

2120

In

Declining

2

Top 5 countries with worst results

Average cases per day during prediction period

In or out of infection wave

Part of infection wave

Number of Infection waves

1

Tajikistan

0

Out

NA

1

2

Central African Republic

1

Out

NA

1

3

Uganda

99

In

Declining

2

4

Cyprus

183

In

Declining

2

5

Australia

10

Out

NA

2

Model 2

Top 5 countries with best results

Average cases per day during prediction period

In or out of infection wave

Part of infection wave

Number of infection waves

1

Pakistan

2,040

In

Declining

2

2

Germany

13,914

In

Declining

2

3

Slovakia

2120

In

Declining

2

4

Estonia

507

In

Declining

2

5

Bhutan

4

In

Declining

3

Top 5 countries with worst results

Average cases per day during prediction period

In or out of infection wave

Part of infection wave

Number of Infection waves

1

Tajikistan

0

Out

NA

1

2

Azerbaijan

296

In

Declining

2

3

Trinidad and Tobago

15

Out

NA

2

4

Switzerland

1884

In

Declining

2

5

Iceland

6

Out

NA

3