Research Article
The Effect of Humidity and Temperature on Indoor and Outdoor COVID-19 Infections
Table 4
Pearson, Kendall’s tau-b, and Spearman correlations between meteorological factors and COVID-19-infected cases for outdoor configuration.
| Statistical method | Configuration | Environmental variables | Correlation | value |
| Pearson | Outdoor | Tmin (°C) | 0.604 | <0.05 | Tmax (°C) | 0.594 | <0.05 | Tav (°C) | 0.604 | <0.05 | RHmin (%) | −0.467 | <0.05 | RHmax (%) | −0.465 | <0.05 | RHav (%) | −0.479 | <0.05 |
| Kendall’s tau-b | Outdoor | Tmin (°C) | 0.526 | <0.05 | Tmax (°C) | 0.518 | <0.05 | Tav (°C) | 0.518 | <0.05 | RHmin (%) | −0.402 | <0.05 | RHmax (%) | −0.390 | <0.05 | RHav (%) | −0.405 | <0.05 |
| Spearman | Outdoor | Tmin (°C) | 0.717 | <0.05 | Tmax (°C) | 0.718 | <0.05 | Tav (°C) | 0.721 | <0.05 | RHmin (%) | −0.588 | <0.05 | RHmax (%) | −0.571 | <0.05 | RHav (%) | −0.594 | <0.05 |
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