Table 2.

Spearman’s correlation coefficients between air pollutants, meteorological factors across all districts during the study period

Parameters	Infected cases	PM2.5	PM10	NO2	SO2	Wind speed	Temperature	DTR	Relative humidity	Air pressure	Rainfall	Absolute humidity
Infected Cases	1
PM2.5	0.23*	1
PM10	0.33*	0.87*	1
NO2	0.21*	0.59*	0.58*	1
SO2	-0.26*	0.32*	0.34*	0.47*	1
Wind Speed	0.02*	-0.22*	-0.16*	-0.13*	-0.03*	1
Temperature	0.22*	0.30*	0.33*	-0.13*	0.22*	-0.03	1
DTR	0.27*	0.42*	0.46*	0.24*	0.33*	0.19	-0.12*	1
Relative Humidity	-0.28*	-0.33*	-0.41*	-0.36*	-0.47*	0.01	-0.09*	0.19	1
Air Pressure	0.03*	0.08*	0.06*	0.25*	-0.19*	0.02	0.15*	0.15	0.73*	1
Rainfall	-0.13*	0.01*	0.03*	0.41*	0.05*	-0.33*	-0.08	0.18	0.40*	0.08	1
Absolute Humidity	-0.02*	0.21*	0.27*	0.22*	0.12*	0.03	-0.01	0.57*	0.96*	0.67*	0.38*	1