Table 2.

Results of the correlation and regression analysis between the T_max and no. of confirmed positive cases of the COVID-19 during the period of study for the three selected regions

Correlation indices	Maharashtra	Rajasthan	Kashmir
Number of XY pairs	80	80	80
Pearson r	0.09331	0.7623	0.7558
95% confidence interval	− 0.1291 to 0.3068	0.6517 to 0.8412	0.6428 to 0.8366
P value (two-tailed)	0.4104	< 0.0001	< 0.0001
P value summary	ns	***	***
Is the correlation significant? (alpha = 0.05)	No	Yes	Yes
R2	0.008707	0.5811	0.5713

Highly significant Pearson r is denoted in bold

P values less than 0.001 are summarized with three asterisks