Geographical and Meteorological Evaluations of COVID-19 Spread in Iran

Gholamreza Goudarzi, Ali Akbar Babaei, Mohammad Javad Mohammadi, Vafa Hamid and Heydar Maleki
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Gholamreza Goudarzi: Air Pollution and Respiratory Diseases Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz 61357-15794, Iran
Ali Akbar Babaei: Air Pollution and Respiratory Diseases Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz 61357-15794, Iran
Mohammad Javad Mohammadi: Air Pollution and Respiratory Diseases Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz 61357-15794, Iran
Vafa Hamid: Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Student Research Committee, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz 61357-15794, Iran
Heydar Maleki: Air Pollution and Respiratory Diseases Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz 61357-15794, Iran

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 9, 1-17

Abstract: Since late 2019 many people all over the world have become infected and have died due to coronavirus. There have been many general studies about the spread of the virus. In this study, new and accumulated confirmed cases (NCC and ACC), new and accumulated recovered cases (NRC and ARC), and new and accumulated deaths (ND and AD) were evaluated by geographical properties, meteorological parameters and air particulate matters between 3 April 2020 and 11 June 2020 within 15 provinces in Iran. Meteorological parameters, air particulate matters and COVID-19 data were collected from Iran Meteorological Organization, the Environmental Protection Agency and Aftabnews website, respectively. The results of the study show that provinces in dry lands (i.e., Kerman and South Khorasan) not only had low admission of NCC, ACC, ARC and AD but also presented lower rates of NCC, ACC and AD per 10 5 population. Air temperature showed positive and significant correlation with the number of COVID-19 cases. This is because of hot outdoor air especially in costal and equatorial regions that forces people to stay in closed environments with no ventilation and with closed-cycle air conditioners. Maximum air pressure was found to be the most frequent (66%) and significant parameter correlating with health outcomes associated with COVID-19. The most engaged province in this study was Khuzestan, while provinces in dry lands (i.e., Kerman and South Khorasan) showed low number of health endpoints associated with COVID-19. The highest rate of accumulated and new recovered cases per 10 5 population were also found in Khuzestan and Kerman provinces. North Khorasan also showed the worst rate of N&ARC/10 5 population. Therefore, air temperature, dry lands and population were the most important factors for the control of coronavirus spread.

Keywords: geographical properties; meteorological parameters; number and rates of COVID-19 cases; Iran (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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