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. 2020 Apr 28;729:139090. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139090

Table 4.

Principal components (PC) and its explained variance (σ2) from individual and all cities considering meteorological variables and evolution of Covid-19 in the Brazilian cities.

Statistics Eigenvalue Eigenvectors
Temperature
Relative Humidity
Rain NDC Cum. cases Cont. rate
Mean Max Min Mean Max Min
Manaus
PC 1 2.43 0.39 0.35 0.32 −0.39 −0.33 −0.31 −0.25 −0.18 −0.29 −0.29
σ2 (%) 59.1 15.5 12.1 10.1 15.0 10.9 9.8 6.4 3.3 8.5 8.5
PC 2 1.42 0.09 0.27 0.07 −0.12 0.14 −0.35 −0.35 0.49 0.45 0.45
σ2 (%) 20.3 0.7 7.4 0.5 1.4 2.0 12.3 12.0 24.0 19.8 19.8



Fortaleza
PC 1 2.19 0.39 0.40 0.27 −0.43 −0.27 −0.41 −0.37 −0.04 −0.16 −0.16
σ2 (%) 48.1 15.2 16.1 7.2 18.9 7.2 16.4 13.8 0.1 2.6 2.6
PC 2 1.64 0.23 0.11 0.13 −0.07 −0.10 −0.02 0.10 0.52 0.56 0.56
σ2 (%) 26.8 5.4 1.3 1.6 0.5 1.0 0.0 1.0 27.5 30.9 30.8



Brasília
PC 1 2.13 0.45 0.43 0.03 −0.43 −0.29 −0.44 −0.34 0.11 0.11 0.11
σ2 (%) 45.2 20.2 18.5 0.1 18.8 8.3 19.3 11.3 1.1 1.2 1.2
PC 2 1.52 0.03 −0.05 0.10 −0.16 −0.34 −0.01 −0.03 −0.35 −0.60 −0.60
σ2 (%) 23.2 0.1 0.3 1.0 2.4 11.3 0.0 0.1 12.3 36.2 36.2



Rio de Janeiro
PC 1 2.22 0.42 0.40 0.39 −0.14 −0.06 −0.24 −0.12 −0.35 −0.38 −0.38
σ2 (%) 49.4 17.9 16.0 15.1 2.0 0.3 5.6 1.4 12.3 14.7 14.7
PC 2 1.71 0.00 −0.08 0.06 0.54 0.50 0.43 0.33 −0.22 −0.23 −0.23
σ2 (%) 29.1 0.0 0.6 0.4 28.9 24.7 18.9 11.1 4.7 5.3 5.3



São Paulo
PC 1 2.07 0.44 0.42 0.39 −0.10 0.02 −0.17 0.15 −0.29 −0.41 −0.41
σ2 (%) 42.8 19.4 17.3 15.3 1.0 0.0 2.9 2.3 8.2 16.7 16.7
PC 2 1.58 0.09 0.21 −0.13 −0.59 −0.40 −0.48 −0.34 0.01 0.19 0.19
σ2 (%) 25.1 0.9 4.6 1.8 34.7 16.1 23.1 11.4 0.0 3.7 3.7



All cities
PC 1 1.95 0.45 0.44 0.41 −0.26 −0.26 −0.12 −0.05 −0.32 −0.38 −0.20
σ2 (%) 38.2 20.6 19.4 16.7 6.7 6.5 1.3 0.3 10.4 14.1 4.0
PC 2 1.46 0.10 −0.06 0.23 0.54 0.19 0.52 0.48 −0.19 −0.24 −0.08
σ2 (%) 21.4 0.9 0.4 5.1 29.6 3.8 27.5 22.6 3.6 5.9 0.6
PC 3 1.28 0.31 0.17 0.36 0.04 −0.22 0.19 0.06 0.37 0.38 0.61
σ2 (%) 16.4 9.6 2.8 13.0 0.2 4.9 3.7 0.3 13.3 14.4 37.7

Max and Min stand for maximum and minimum. Rain stands for rainfall. NDC, Cum. cases and Cont. rate stand for new daily cases, cumulative cases and contamination rate, respectively.