Table 3.
Pearson correlation coefficients (r) between COVID-19 cases and Google Trends data in the 20 Italian regions for March 2-9; March 2-10; March 2-11; March 2-12.
| Region | March 2-9 | March 2-10 | March 2-11 | March 2-12 | ||||
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r | P value | r | P value | r | P value | r | P value |
| Lombardia | 0.8987 | .002 | 0.8876 | .001 | 0.8625 | .001 | 0.7502 | .008 |
| Emilia-Romagna | 0.9017 | .002 | 0.8839 | .002 | 0.8798 | <.001 | 0.8292 | .002 |
| Veneto | 0.9117 | .002 | 0.9230 | <.001 | 0.9139 | <.001 | 0.7960 | .003 |
| Piedmont | 0.9494 | <.001 | 0.8690 | .002 | 0.8545 | .002 | 0.7537 | .007 |
| Marche | 0.8770 | .005 | 0.8301 | .006 | 0.8384 | .002 | 0.7551 | .007 |
| Liguria | 0.8739 | .002 | 0.8451 | .004 | 0.8042 | .005 | 0.6810 | .02 |
| Campania | 0.9506 | <.001 | 0.9289 | <.001 | 0.9175 | <.001 | 0.8616 | <.001 |
| Toscana | 0.9073 | .002 | 0.8279 | .006 | 0.8274 | .003 | 0.7529 | .007 |
| Lazio | 0.9458 | <.001 | 0.9243 | <.001 | 0.8883 | <.001 | 0.7712 | .005 |
| Friuli | 0.9310 | <.001 | 0.9407 | <.001 | 0.9284 | <.001 | 0.8493 | <.001 |
| Trento | 0.8722 | .005 | 0.7934 | .01 | 0.7364 | .02 | 0.6978 | .02 |
| Apulia | 0.9092 | .002 | 0.9005 | <.001 | 0.8573 | .002 | 0.7894 | .004 |
| Sicily | 0.9725 | <.001 | 0.9691 | <.001 | 0.9510 | <.001 | 0.8604 | <.001 |
| Abruzzo | 0.8720 | .005 | 0.8523 | .004 | 0.8685 | .001 | 0.6261 | .04 |
| Umbria | 0.8775 | .004 | 0.8636 | .003 | 0.8158 | .004 | 0.7104 | .01 |
| Aosta | 0.8704 | .005 | 0.8179 | .007 | 0.7870 | .007 | 0.5679 | .07 |
| Sardinia | 0.9170 | .001 | 0.9047 | <.001 | 0.7676 | .009 | 0.7268 | .01 |
| Calabria | 0.9054 | .002 | 0.9004 | <.001 | 0.8413 | .002 | 0.7197 | .01 |
| Molise | 0.7101 | .048 | 0.7382 | .02 | 0.7160 | .02 | 0.6764 | .02 |
| Basilicata | 0.8881 | .003 | 0.7884 | .01 | 0.8306 | .003 | 0.8278 | .002 |