ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020
Investigation of the Importance of Climatic Factors in COVID-19 Worldwide Intensity.
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- The impact of geo-environmental factors on global COVID-19 transmission: A review of evidence and methodology.The Science of the total environment · 2022Pooled it
- The Effect of Ambient Environmental Conditions on COVID-19 Mortality: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Comparing lagged impacts of mobility changes and environmental factors on COVID-19 waves in rural and urban India: A Bayesian spatiotemporal modelling study.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
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- Weather indicators and improving air quality in association with COVID-19 pandemic in India.Soft computing · 2023Article
- What are the Effects of Climate Variables on COVID-19 Pandemic? A Systematic Review and Current Update.Advanced biomedical research · 2023Review
- Stochastic analysis of the relationship between atmospheric variables and coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in a hot, arid climate.Integrated environmental assessment and management · 2022Article
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- Predictors of COVID-19 epidemics in countries of the World Health Organization African Region.Nature medicine · 2021Article
- Indoor air quality improvement in COVID-19 pandemic: Review.Sustainable cities and society · 2021Article
- Economic Role of Population Density during Pandemics-A Comparative Analysis of Saudi Arabia and China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Altitude and SARS-CoV-2 Infection in the First Pandemic Wave in Spain.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
The transmission of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and the severity of the related disease (COVID-19) are influenced by a large number of factors. This study aimed to investigate the correlation of COVID-19 case and death rates with possible causal climatological and sociodemographic factors for the March to May 2020 (first wave) period in a worldwide scale by statistically processing data for over one hundred countries. The weather parameters considered herein were air temperature, relative humidity, cumulative precipitation, and cloud cover, while sociodemographic factors included population density, median age, and government measures in response to the pandemic. The results of this study indicate that there is a statistically significant correlation between average atmospheric temperature and the COVID-19 case and death rates, with chi-square test
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