. 2021 Apr 29;786:147398. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147398

Table 2.

Correlation of normalised viral concentration/viral load to epidemiological outcomes (7-day rolling average) for the entire study period (weeks 23–44) and the rising phase of the second wave (weeks 23–40).

	Weighted average		Viral load
	Same week r²	Next week r²	Same week r²	Next week r²
23–44 weeks
Active cases	0,421^⁎⁎	0,462^⁎⁎⁎	0,555^⁎⁎⁎	0,589^⁎⁎⁎
Daily new cases	0,575^⁎⁎⁎	0,433^⁎⁎⁎	0,670^⁎⁎⁎	0,522^⁎⁎⁎
Hospitalised cases	0,242^⁎	0,250^⁎	0,351^⁎⁎	0,363^⁎⁎
Deaths	0,076	0,119	0,187^⁎	0,235^⁎

23–40 weeks
Active cases	0,514^⁎⁎⁎	0,645^⁎⁎⁎	0,589^⁎⁎⁎	0,697^⁎⁎⁎
Daily new cases	0,720^⁎⁎⁎	0,693^⁎⁎⁎	0,716^⁎⁎⁎	0,665^⁎⁎⁎
Hospitalised cases	0,222	0,347^⁎	0,278^⁎	0,397^⁎⁎
Deaths	0,145	0,560^⁎	0,246	0,653^⁎

^⁎

p < 0.05.

^⁎⁎

p < 0.01.

^⁎⁎⁎

p < 0.001.