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. 2021 Jun 4;16(6):e0252405. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0252405

Table 5. Direct effects of climate variables on Covid-19 fatalities.

	Covid-19 fatalities
	DFE	MG	DFE	MG	DFE	MG	DFE	MG	DFE	MG
	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)
deathpop (t-1)	0.590^***	0.365^***	0.593^***	0.367^***	0.590^***	0.359^***	0.593^***	0.373^***	0.593^***	0.369^***
deathpop (t-1)	[0.111]	[0.0482]	[0.111]	[0.0484]	[0.112]	[0.0486]	[0.111]	[0.0480]	[0.111]	[0.0490]
deathpop (t-14)	0.155^***	0.107^***	0.154^***	0.102^***	0.152^***	0.0974^***	0.153^***	0.102^***	0.152^***	0.103^***
deathpop (t-14)	[0.0468]	[0.0254]	[0.0477]	[0.0253]	[0.0460]	[0.0254]	[0.0468]	[0.0251]	[0.0463]	[0.0251]
casepop (t-14)	0.00806^**	0.0185^***	0.00857^**	0.0187^***	0.00832^**	0.0181^***	0.00865^**	0.0185^***	0.00868^**	0.0188^***
casepop (t-14)	[0.00327]	[0.00409]	[0.00341]	[0.00421]	[0.00331]	[0.00405]	[0.00344]	[0.00417]	[0.00344]	[0.00417]
temperature (t-14)	-0.0178^***	-0.0167^**
temperature (t-14)	[0.00533]	[0.00745]
solar radiation (t-14)			-0.00296	0.00823
solar radiation (t-14)			[0.00385]	[0.00552]
humidity (t-14)					-0.0143^**	-0.0195^***
humidity (t-14)					[0.00529]	[0.00562]
precipitation (t-14)							0.000349	0.000249
precipitation (t-14)							[0.00274]	[0.00386]
wind speed (t-14)									-0.00305	-0.00377
wind speed (t-14)									[0.00285]	[0.00903]
Trend	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Observations	5,920	5,920	5,920	5,920	5,920	5,920	5,920	5,920	5,920	5,920
Country	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37
R-squared	0.563		0.562		0.563		0.562		0.562

Note: the coefficients displayed are marginal effects. Standard errors (robust to within-country correlations for DFE) are reported in brackets.

*** p < 0.01,

** p < 0.05,

* p < 0.1.