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Research background: On 11 March 2020, the Covid-19 epidemic was identified by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a global pandemic The rapid increase in the scale of the epidemic has led to the introduction of non-pharmaceutical countermeasures Forecast of the Covid-19 prevalence is an essential element in the actions undertaken by authorities Purpose of the article: The article aims to assess the usefulness of the Auto-regressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) model for predicting the dynamics of Covid-19 incidence at different stages of the epidemic, from the first phase of growth, to the maximum daily incidence, until the phase of the epidemic\'s extinction Methods: ARIMA(p,d,q) models are used to predict the dynamics of virus distribution in many diseases Model estimates, forecasts and the accuracy of forecasts are presented in this paper Findings & Value added: Using the ARIMA(1,2,0) model for forecasting the dynamics of Covid-19 cases in each stage of the epidemic is a way of evaluating the implemented non-pharmaceutical countermeasures on the dynamics of the epidemic
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