Table 1.

Empirical results.

	Climate Variables	New Cases	Total Cases	Mortality
Kendall Correlation Coefficient	Temperature Maximum	0.041	0.168	0.185
	Temperature Average	0.186	0.289⁎⁎	0.294⁎
	Temperature Minimum	0.248*	0.248*	0.254
	Humidity	−0.063	−0.154	−0.148
	Wind Speed	0.137	0.097	0.057
	Air Quality	−0.537⁎⁎⁎	−0.531⁎⁎⁎	−0.531⁎⁎
	Rainfall	−0.219	−0.153	−0.106
Spearman Correlation Coefficient	Temperature Maximum	0.060	0.224	0.218
	Temperature Average	0.268	0.379*	0.393⁎
	Temperature Minimum	0.335*	0.317	0.326
	Humidity	−0.111	−0.216	−0.205
	Wind Speed	0.172	0.097	0.049
	Air Quality	−0.684⁎⁎⁎	−0.667⁎⁎⁎	−0.659⁎⁎
	Rainfall	−0.287	−0.196	−0.153

***, **, * stands for 1%, 5% and 10% level of significance.