Table 3.
Pearson correlations between the cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on May 10, 2020, and the dates on which policies were released in each state.
| Policy | Correlation | P value |
| State of emergency | 0.2587 | .07 |
| Date banned visitors to nursing homes | 0.151 | .29 |
| Stay-at-home or shelter-in-place order | 0.1507 | .29 |
| Evictions frozen | 0.1411 | .32 |
| Nonessential businesses closed | 0.1359 | .34 |
| Gyms closed | 0.0765 | .59 |
| Movie theaters closed | 0.0737 | .61 |
| Day cares closed | 0.0563 | .70 |
| Restaurants closed except takeout | 0.0341 | .81 |
| Kindergarten to 12th grade schools closed | –0.0821 | .57 |