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Table 1 Relationship between total UVB radiation from October 2019 to January 2020 and epidemiological and severity parameters of COVID-19 disease × 100,000 inhabitants in the Spanish Autonomous Communities (AA.CC.) with official data

From: Can climatic factors explain the differences in COVID-19 incidence and severity across the Spanish regions?: An ecological study

COVID-19 parameter

14 AA.CC.

13 AA.CC.

Rho

p

R2

Rho

p

R2

Total cases

−0.666

0.009

0.203

−0.582

0.037

0.157

Cumulative incidencea

−0.666

0.009

0.203

−0.582

0.037

0.195

New casesb

−0.508

0.064

0.109

−0.451

0.122

0.069

Hospital admission

−0.626

0.017

0.148

−0.549

0.052

0.112

ICU admission

−0.565

0.035

0.109

−0.478

0.098

0.069

Deaths

−0.446

0.110

0.060

−0.324

0.280

0.005

  1. aCumulative incidence (previous 14 days) per 100,000 inhabitants
  2. bAccumulated data from the pandemic onset until March 30, 2020
  3. 14 AA.CC: Autonomous Communities in Spain without La Rioja, Navarra, and Asturias (see Material and Methods); 13 AA.CC: all Autonomous Communities in Spain with data available excluding the Canary Islands