Research Article
Effects of Location-Specific Meteorological Factors on COVID-19 Daily Infection in a Tropical Climate: A Case of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Table 3
The effects of 1°C and 1 g/m3 increases in mean temperature and absolute humidity on new daily COVID-19 infection.
| Lag | Percent change in temperature (%) | 95% CI | Percent change in absolute humidity (%) | 95% CI |
| | °C | g/m3 |
| lag0–7 | 1.024 | 0.721–2.864 | 2.218 | 1.057–3.946 | lag0–14 | 0.891 | 0.086–2.004 | 2.857 | 1.721–4.078 | lag0–21 | 0.783 | 0.014–2.164 | 2.936 | 1.654–4.709 | lag0–28 | 1.462 | 0.191–3.170 | 3.807 | 2.064–5.732 |
| | °C | g/m3 |
| lag0–7 | 2.341 | 1.085–4.140 | 0.632 | 0.410–1.364 | lag0–14 | 2.604 | 1.326–5.647 | 0.479 | 0.173–1.042 | lag0–21 | 2.916 | 1.017–5.264 | 0.308 | 0.118–0.501 | lag0–28 | 3.210 | 1.372–7.976 | 0.108 | 0.084–0.401 |
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; CI is confidence interval for the change in parameters. |