Effects of Location-Specific Meteorological Factors on COVID-19 Daily Infection in a Tropical Climate: A Case of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Table 1

Descriptive statistics of COVID-19 cases and weather variables in Kuala Lumpur from 14 March 2020 to 31 August 2020.

Parameters	Mean ± SD	Minimum	Maximum	^aP (25)	Median	P (75)	Mode	^bKut.	^cAsy.
^dNDI	15 ± 25.30	0	204	2	7	20	–	17.7	3.6
Temperature (°C)	29.5 ± 1.13	26.39	31.67	28.90	29.72	30.6	30	0.3	–0.8
Wind speed (m/s)	1.56 ± 0.47	0.72	3.04	1.16	1.52	1.88	1.03	0.7	1.0
Absolute humidity (g/m^3)	22.7 ± 1.06	19.48	26	21.80	22.56	23.50	22.45	0.2	1.0
^eAPI	54 ± 6.74	38	69	50	55	58	47	0.5	–0.2

^aPercental. ^bKurtosis,.^cAsymmetry. ^dNew daily infection. ^eAir pollution index.