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According to the data analysed, as temperatures rose, the rate of new cases of Covid-19 decreased.
Between 30 and 100 degrees Fahrenheit, a 1-degree Fahrenheit increase in daily low temperature was related to a 1 per cent decrease in the rate of increase in cases, and a 1-degree decrease in temperature was related to an increase in that rate by 3.7 per cent, the data analysis showed, said an official release published in Eurekalert!
Researchers analysed early data of the pandemic in order to obtain results without significant influence by lockdowns, masking or other social efforts to contain the virus. Although Covid-19 is an infectious disease that will have non-temperature-dependent transmission, our research indicates that it also may have a seasonal component, said Aruni Bhatnagar, co-author and director of the Brown Environment Institute.