Impact of Meteorological Parameters on the COVID-19 Incidence: The Case of the City of Oran, Algeria
covid-19, incubation period, temperature, humidity, wind
The current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in the major countries of the world has become a serious threat to the health of all human beings. A better understanding of the effective parameters in infection spreading can bring about a logical measurement toward COVID-19. Among these parameters, we find the climatic factors that can play an important role in the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic. We have studied this phenomenon in the city of Oran in Algeria, which experienced its first case of COVID-19 on March 19, 2020. In this study, the main parameters, including the number of infected people with COVID-19, the average, minimum and maximum temperatures, the relative humidity rate and the wind intensity. A first analysis of the data with a Spearman rank correlation test did not yield significant results. Taking into account the average incubation period to adjust the data made it possible, during a second analysis, to show that the minimum temperature is significantly correlated with the new cases of COVID-19 in Oran city, but further studies over longer periods with additional parameters are needed to better understand this matter.
Farid Rahal, Salima Rezak, Fatima Zohra Baba Hamed
Journal of Clinical and Experimental Investigations