Table 2.

Adjusted R² in Linear fitting of Infection and death rate

Data	Infection		Mortality
	Linear fit	Linear fit with no intercept	Linear fit	Linear fit with no intercept
Up to 10th September 2020	0.24	0.33	0.35	0.41
Up to 5th July 2020	0.42	0.45	0.32	0.32
Up to 10th September 2020 but excluding the megacities	0.11	0.38	0.32	0.23
Up to 5th July 2020 but excluding the megacities	0.11	0.22	0.03	0.12