Table 3.
Pearson correlations between search trends and daily new cases of COVID-19 for the 10 US states and territories with the most daily new cases from April 9 to July 7, 2020.
| Variable | Texas | Florida | California | Arizona | Georgia | Louisiana | Tennessee | North Carolina | Washington | Pennsylvania |
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| Restaurant searches versus new cases | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Correlation | –0.17 | –0.19 | 0.0 | –0.11 | –0.2 | –0.13 | –0.18 | 0.17 |
–0.11 | –0.23 |
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P value | .11 | .07 | .96 | .30 | .07 | .23 | .08 | .10 | .29 | .03 |
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| Bar searches versus new cases | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Correlation | 0.11 | 0.41 | 0.47 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.12 | 0.39 | 0.73 | 0.13 | –0.52 |
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P value | .28 | <.001 | <.001 | .003 | .003 | .26 | <.001 | <.001 | .20 | <.001 |
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