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Table 2 Number of contacts during the Tawaf and Sa’ay rituals (Agent-based Simulation)

From: Estimating social contacts in mass gatherings for disease outbreak prevention and management: case of Hajj pilgrimage

Ritual

Population

Average Density

(p/m2)

All Contacts

(p/hr)

Unique Contacts

(p/hr)

Tawaf

990

0.09

97.0

96.2

1980

0.18

230.0

227.3

2980

0.27

417.9

381.6

3940

0.36

582.1

516.5

4920

0.45

755.5

607.2

6830

0.62

920.9

734.6

Sa’ay

998

0.07

94.2

94.0

1995

0.14

140.0

138.4

2992

0.21

214.4

164.9

3989

0.28

303.4

197.1

4980

0.35

434.7

258.2

6960

0.48

643.6

390.5

9920

0.69

1,259.1

556.4