The Influence of Average Temperature and Relative Humidity on New Cases of COVID-19: Time-Series Analysis

Zonglin He   ^{1, 2 *} , MBBS ;   Yiqiao Chin   ^{2 *} , MBBS ;   Shinning Yu   ² , MBBS ;   Jian Huang   ³ , MPH, PhD ;   Casper J P Zhang   ⁴ , MPH, PhD ;   Ke Zhu   ¹ , MBBS ;   Nima Azarakhsh   ⁵ , PhD ;   Jie Sheng   ⁶ , BA, MSc ;   Yi He   ⁷ , BA, MSc ;   Pallavi Jayavanth   ⁵ , PhD ;   Qian Liu   ⁸ , PhD ;   Babatunde O Akinwunmi   ⁹ , MD, MPH, MMSc, FWACS ;   Wai-Kit Ming   ¹ , MD, MPH, PhD, MMSc, EMBA

¹ School of Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China

² Faculty of Medicine, International School, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China

³ MRC Centre for Environment and Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

⁴ School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (Hong Kong)

⁵ International School, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China

⁶ College of Economics, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China

⁷ Department of Statistics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

⁸ National Media Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center, School of Journalism and Communication, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China

⁹ Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States

*these authors contributed equally