Temperature and COVID-19: India

India is under nationwide lockdown from 25 March 2020, in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19, with closed borders and enforcement of quarantine/isolation. Life under lockdown witnessed a reduction in the acceleration of COVID-19 in the country, as evident by the gradual improvement in doubling rate in the total number of 'diagnosed' infected persons.1 Until 21 May 2020, more than 112 000 cases have been diagnosed in the country, with 3435 deaths.2 There is literature suggesting the possible role of temperature on the pandemic.3 4 A sound understanding would help us in deciding the strategies for mitigation of the existing health crisis. Therefore, two areas from India were examined to find out the association between ambient temperature and daily number of new cases of COVID-19.5 6 Average temperature was also calculated. Data on COVID-19 were taken...
Source: Evidence-Based Medicine - Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Tags: COVID-19 Letters Source Type: research