case surge

Related

spikeSharp rise or point
outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
waveOscillating motion through medium
influxSudden large arrival
uptickSlight increase

explosion · flood · rush · overflow · crisis · hospital · COVID · pandemic · infection · emergency · overwhelm · capacity · beds · ICU · patients · numbers · climbing · escalation

Opposites

magnitude/intensity

case surgezero cases

epidemiological trend direction

case surgeflattening the curve

Spreading outbreak's burden temporally

plateau · leveling off

intensity of outbreak

case surgedormancy

Suspended biological activity

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