Table 1.

Results of correlation coefficient and regression analysis showing the cause–effect association and correction coefficient between COVID-19 pandemic and deaths in West Africa

Variables	Burkina Faso	Nigeria	Senegal	Ghana	Niger	Ivory Coast	West Africa	Global
Tn1_n6	Td1_d6	T d1_d6	T d1_d6	T d1_d6	T d1_d6	T d1_d6	T d1_d6	T d1_d6
ß	0.059	0.034	0.009	0.008	0.027	0.010	0.032	0.070
Standard error	0.008	0.002	0.001	0.003	0.004	0.001	0.003	0.003
tc	7.74	14.95	6.90	3.21	6.94	8.59	12.70	21.01
p value	0.001**	0.000***	0.002**	0.033*	0.002**	0.001**	0.000***	0.000***
r	0.968*	0.991*	0.961*	0.849*	0.961*	0.974*	0.988*	0.996*
R0	0.923	0.978	0.903	0.650	0.904	0.936	0.970	0.989

Note: *Significant at p < 0.05, **significant at p < 0.01, ***significant at p < 0.001; R₀ = adjusted r²; r = correlation coefficients; ß = regression coefficient; T_{n1_n6} = total cases reported for March 15, 2020 (_n1), March 22, 2020 (_n2), March 29, 2020 (_n3), April 5, 2020 (_n4), April 12, 2020 (_n5) and April 19, 2020 (_n6); T_{d1_d6} = total deaths reported for March 15, 2020 (_d1), March 22, 2020 (_d2), March 29, 2020 (_d3), April 5, 2020 (_d4), April 12, (_d5) and April 19, 2020 respectively