Table 3.
Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient between daily cases and meteorological variables of the study areas
| Temperature | Relative humidity | Precipitation | Wind speed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dhaka city | 0.19** | 0.23*** | 0.11** | 0.07 |
| Chattogram | 0.14*** | 0.19*** | 0.03** | 0.09*** |
| Gazipur | 0.10*** | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
| Narayanganj | 0.10 | − 0.2*** | − 0.08 | − 0.07 |
| Rangpur | 0.13*** | 0.17*** | 0.03** | − 0.09 |
| Sylhet | 0.28** | 0.43*** | − 0.00 | − 0.24 |
| Bogura | 0.40*** | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.01 |
| Rajshahi | 0.37*** | 0.31*** | 0.17** | 0.12 |
| Khulna | 0.23*** | 0.19*** | − 0.10 | 0.05** |
*** and ** indicate significance level at 1% and 5% respectively