Table 3.

Pearson's Pairwise correlations (selected variables).

Variables	Total Cases	Total Deaths	TR	Temperature	Precipitation	Population Density	Income Level
Panel A: World
Total Cases
Total Deaths	0.929*
TR	0.972*	0.917*
Temperature	−0.075*	−0.087*	−0.083*
Precipitation	−0.039*	−0.054*	−0.045*	0.386*
Population Density	−0.023*	−0.032*	−0.025*	0.011*	0.018*
Income Level	−0.058*	−0.070*	−0.066*	0.379*	0.117*	−0.138*
Panel B: Asia
Total Cases
Total Deaths	0.960*
TR	0.977*	0.936*
Temperature	−0.012*	−0.053*	−0.016*
Precipitation	0.018*	0.023*	0.014*	0.408*
Population Density	−0.027*	−0.041*	−0.028*	0.224*	0.249*
Income Level	0.062*	0.075*	0.066*	−0.089*	0.097*	−0.250*
Panel C: Europe
Total Cases
Total Deaths	0.939*
TR	0.973*	0.961*
Temperature	0.027*	0.051*	0.035*
Precipitation	−0.111*	−0.121*	−0.124*	−0.142*
Population Density	−0.075*	−0.078*	−0.083*	0.277*	−0.01
Income Level	−0.055*	−0.060*	−0.063*	0.014*	−0.104*	−0.107*
Panel D: Africa
Total Cases
Total Deaths	0.977*
TR	0.963*	0.944*
Temperature	−0.342*	−0.314*	−0.372*
Precipitation	−0.142*	−0.150*	−0.155*	0.192*
Population Density	−0.056*	−0.060*	−0.063*	−0.097*	0.206*
Income Level	−0.215*	−0.205*	−0.238*	0.284*	0.102*	−0.006
Panel E: South America
Total Cases
Total Deaths	0.948*
TR	0.970*	0.940*
Temperature	−0.253*	−0.273*	−0.279*
Precipitation	−0.116*	−0.145*	−0.127*	0.270*
Population Density	−0.132*	−0.163*	−0.145*	0.275*	−0.170*
Income Level	−0.095*	−0.072*	−0.105*	0.141*	0.513*	−0.133*
Panel F: North America
Total Cases
Total Deaths	0.966*
TR	0.968*	0.934*
Temperature	0.170*	0.133*	0.188*
Precipitation	−0.143*	−0.206*	−0.163*	0.697*
Population Density	0.086*	0.104*	0.096*	0.166*	−0.174*
Income Level	0.078*	0.103*	0.086*	0.534*	0.136*	0.084*
Panel G: Australia & Oceania
Total Cases
Total Deaths	0.888*
TR	0.965*	0.925*
Temperature	−0.150*	−0.232*	−0.215*
Precipitation	−0.247*	−0.387*	−0.350*	0.729*
Population Density	−0.141*	−0.182*	−0.174*	0.535*	0.362*
Income Level	−0.041*	−0.093*	−0.082*	0.246*	0.697*	−0.271*

***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.1.