Table 4.

Comparison of SARS-COV-2 deaths in five different fire zone complexes in California before and after the onset of wildfire.

Counties	Group A Mean ± SEM	Group B Mean ± SEM	% Increase	p-Value
SCU Lightning	1.23 ± 0.07	2.91 ± 0.26	136.59%	<0.001⁎
Creek	1.37 ± 0.27	3.89 ± 1.24	183.94%	0.003⁎
LNU Complex	0.05 ± 0.02	0.06 ± 0.05	20.0%	0.779
August Complex	0.00 ± 0.00	0.02 ± 0.01	–	0.374
North Complex	0.08 ± 0.03	0.71 ± 0.22	–	0.007⁎

Group A: Data presented from the appearance of first case of SARS-COV 2 in these counties March 19, 2020 to the beginning of wildfire August15, 2020. Group B: Data presented from the beginning of wildfire August15, 2020 to Sept 22, 2020.

^⁎Statistically significant at 5% level of significance.