Before revision: Recent work showed that the initial COVID-19 data from China  followed a subexponential power-law increase in the number of confirmed cases. This was attributed to a combination of effective containment and mitigation measures employed as well as behaviorial changes by the population.
After revision: Recent work showed that the initial COVID-19 data from China followed a subexponential power-law increase , with a growth exponent of around 2.2. The power-law behavior was attributed to a combination of effective containment and mitigation measures employed as well as behaviorial changes by the population.