id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-316255-93srx4s7 Cacho, Pedro Muñoz Can climatic factors explain the differences in COVID-19 incidence and severity across the Spanish regions?: An ecological study 2020-10-13 .txt text/plain 3814 194 44 Besides, temperature (February: rho = − 0.832; p < 0.001 and March: rho = − 0.904; p < 0.001), was the main climatic factor responsible for the infectivity of the coronavirus and directly contributed to a different spread of SARS-CoV-2 across the Spanish regions. To assess the possible influence on the infectivity of SARS-CoV-2 [9] [10] [11] , data on UVR (J/m 2 ), temperature (°C), and relative humidity (%) were also collected from the months with the highest infectivity (February and March 2020) to the peak of the pandemic in our country. Climatic parameters (temperature, UVR, and relative humidity) were considered as independent variables and epidemiological variables related to COVID-19 (cumulative incidence during the previous 14 days, total cases, newly diagnosed cases, hospital admissions, intensive care unit (ICU) admissions, and mortality, all referring to the period from 1 to 30 March 2020) were analyzed as dependent variables. ./cache/cord-316255-93srx4s7.txt ./txt/cord-316255-93srx4s7.txt