Table 6 Top 5 countries (more than 10,000 total cases over prediction period) with 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

Montenegro

438

In

Increasing

4

2

Belgium

2150

Out

NA

3

3

Slovakia

2120

In

Declining

2

4

Paraguay

836

In

Increasing

2

5

Estonia

507

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

Turkey

7386

Out

NA

1

2

Denmark

869

In

Declining

2

3

Malawi

697

In

Increasing-peak-declining

1

4

Ghana

502

In

Increasing

2

5

Mozambique

790

In

Increasing

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

2040

In

Declining

2

2

Germany

13,914

In

Declining

2

3

Estonia

507

In

Declining

2

4

Slovakia

2120

In

Declining

2

5

United Kingdom

37,476

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

Switzerland

1884

In

Declining

2

2

Croatia

630

In

Declining

1

3

Denmark

869

In

Declining

2

4

Georgia

960

In

Declining

1

5

Jordan

943

In

Declining

1