Table 2.
Descriptive statistics of internet search density on COVID-19 events after “CC” in Wuhan
| Observation time | Internet users network search volume density/province name | Descriptive statistics results | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max | Min | Mean | Range | Standard deviation | |
| Total national two-month period (8 weeks in total) | |||||
| Internet search volume density (RIi) | Beijing | Xinjiang | 5.2 | 8.83 | 1.71 |
| 7.84% | 1.98% | ||||
| Number of new confirmed cases (persons) | Guangdong | Qinghai | 431.62 | 1278 | 392.76 |
| 1295 | 17 | ||||
| The day after the outbreak (Jan 23rd) | |||||
| Internet search volume density (RIi) | Beijing | Guangdong | 0.1366 | 0.058 | 0.34 |
| 8.85% | 0.33% | ||||
| Number of new confirmed cases (persons) | Chongqing | Shanxi, Zhejiang, Shandong, Guangdong, Guizhou, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang | 3.65 | 18 | 4.85 |
| 18 | 0 | ||||
| First week after the outbreak | |||||
| Internet search volume density (RIi) | Beijing | Xinjiang | 1.31 | 2.11 | 0.38 |
| 7.41% | 1.86% | ||||
| Number of new confirmed cases (persons) | Zhejiang | Qinghai | 119.76 | 487 | 120.45 |
| 494 | 7 | ||||
| Week 2 after the outbreak | |||||
| Internet search volume density (RIi) | Beijing | Xinjiang | 1 | 1.75 | 0.31 |
| 8.04% | 2.02% | ||||
| Number of new confirmed cases (persons) | Guangdong | Qinghai | 176.07 | 615 | 174.52 |
| 625 | 10 | ||||
| Week 5 after the outbreak | |||||
| Internet search volume density (RIi) | Beijing | Guangxi | 0.43 | 0.78 | 0.16 |
| 8.44% | 2.21% | ||||
| Number of new confirmed cases (persons) | Guangdong | Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Jiangsu, Hainan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang | 3.52 | 15 | 4.61 |
| 15 | 0 | ||||
| Week 8 after the outbreak | |||||
| Internet search volume density (RIi) | Beijing | Xinjiang | 0.23 | 0.51 | 0.11 |
| 9.34% | 1.83% | ||||
| Number of new confirmed cases (persons) | Beijing | Hebei, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Jilin, Jiangsu, Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi, Henan, Hunan, Hainan, Chongqing, Guizhou, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang | 4.69 | 49 | 11.76 |
| 49 | 0 | ||||
The data of the first week after the “city closing” of Wuhan is the average data of seven days in that week, and so on; The number of new confirmed cases in a week is the sum of the number of new confirmed cases per day in that week; The mean, range, and standard deviation in the descriptive statistical results refer to the statistical results of the national provinces with provinces as samples; We excluded the data of Hubei Province and Tibet Autonomous Region and did not include them in the comparison of provinces throughout the country