Modeling the Impact of Air Pollution and Meteorological Variables on COVID-19 Transmission in Western Cape, South Africa

Table 2

Descriptive statistics of COVID-19 incidence (response variable), air pollutants, and meteorological parameters (explanatory variables) from April 26, 2020, to January 12, 2021.

	Mean	Std	Min	25%	50%	75%	Max
Incidence	932.14	945.96	19.00	230.25	562.00	1253.50	4241.00
Deaths	32.29	38.90	0.00	7.00	21.00	40.00	265.00
TempMx	19.79	2.74	13.20	17.92	19.45	21.68	28.60
TempMn	13.87	2.95	6.50	11.90	13.60	16.18	21.30
MaxHumidity	87.65	5.92	69.00	85.00	90.00	92.00	97.00
MinHumidity	59.98	12.37	19.00	52.00	60.00	70.00	86.00
	−0.66	2.78	−7.03	−1.82	−0.21	1.09	6.21
	4.61	13.36	−27.56	−6.22	7.32	13.36	33.40
NO	2.70	3.29	−1.23	0.66	1.61	3.70	18.16
	7.31	14.89	−26.76	−4.63	8.59	17.07	48.28
	10.35	33.85	1.61	4.63	6.37	9.34	494.98
	24.11	95.09	4.32	11.44	14.92	18.68	1390.80
PM_Load	34.48	13.94	14.31	20.80	33.34	48.04	56.59
AmbWspeed	3.43	1.28	0.53	2.49	3.32	4.10	7.87
AmbWdirection	156.30	100.48	1.40	47.82	174.31	217.47	359.37
Temperature	16.80	3.05	9.00	15.00	16.00	19.00	25.00
AmbRelHum	86.82	10.16	55.48	80.84	89.21	94.64	100.87
SolarRadiation	211.14	99.97	25.54	135.55	185.64	284.23	470.07
AmbPressure	1016.8	5.19	1002.24	1013.53	1016.78	1020.06	1032.64