Table 2 Spearman's rank correlation coefficient between meteorological variables, weekly incidence and weekly prevalence of SARS-CoV-2, and population density. *p < 0.05.
Precipitation | Humidity | Pressure | Temperature | Wind | Solar irradiation | Population density | Incidence | Prevalence | |
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Precipitation (mm/day) | 1.00 | ||||||||
Humidity (%) | 0.55* | 1.00 | |||||||
Pressure (kPa) | − 0.11 | 0.15* | 1.00 | ||||||
Temperature (°C) | − 0.02 | − 0.16 | 0.22* | 1.00 | |||||
Wind (m/s) | − 0.19 | − 0.03 | 0.41* | 0.09* | 1.00 | ||||
Solar irradiation (MJ/m2/day) | − 0.38 | − 0.50 | 0.05* | 0.58* | 0.02 | 1.00 | |||
Population density (n/km2) | − 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.22* | 0.13* | 0.05* | 0.11* | 1.00 | ||
Weekly incidence (per 100,000) | 0.05* | 0.09* | 0.07* | − 0.37 | − 0.01 | − 0.15 | − 0.01 | 1.00 | |
Weekly prevalence (per 100,000) | 0.04 | 0.06* | 0.07* | − 0.34 | − 0.02 | − 0.08 | 0.01 | 0.95* | 1.00 |