Table 1.

Investigation of Pearson correlation coefficient between google searches of particular keywords RSV and daily infectious cases and deaths in India.

a. Impact of COVID-19 scare on mental health
Google search terms	Daily COVID-19 cases	Daily COVID-19 deaths
	r (p < 0.05)	r (p < 0.05)
“Suicide”	0.1306	0.1564
“Autism”	−0.1691	−0.1924
“Anxiety”,	0.5233	0.5272
“Depression"	0.3019	0.339
“Dementia”	0.3933	0.3908

b. Impact of COVID-19 scare on consciousness about preventive measures
Google search terms	Daily COVID-19 cases	Daily COVID-19 deaths
	r (p < 0.05)	r (p < 0.05)
“Social distancing”	−0.217	−0.2204
“Hand wash”	−0.3313	−0.2906
“Face mask”	0.7911	0.7077
“COVID-19 symptoms”	−0.4169	−0.4483
“Immunity”	−0.078	−0.115

c. Correlation between RSV index “COVID-19 symptoms” and google searches
Google search terms	“COVID-19 symptoms”
	r (p < 0.05)
“Social distancing”	0.5787
“Hand wash”	0.7885
“Face mask”	−0.2377
“Immunity”	0.5886