What is the equation and area under curve for Covid load dynamics?

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Covid virions on infection, replicate exponentially and once the body's defense system starts attacking it then it also seems to decrease exponentially.

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The time period when the PCR test is positive is 14 days, let it be $t$. In the above graph it is from 4th day to 17th day.

Let the peak count be $k$, which is around $10^9$ to $10^{11}$. Source

The lifespan of a single covid cell seems to be around a single day.

  1. How do we model this?

  2. What would be the total number of Covid virons that existed during the entire period of infection, from day 0 to day 25?