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Ashish W Khobragade1, Dilip D Kadam2
1Department of Community and Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India.
Background:
COVID-19 is caused by SARS-CoV-2. The first case of COVID-19 was detected in Wuhan city of China in December 2019. Geographic information system (GIS) mapping is important for the surveillance of infectious diseases.
Objectives:
The objectives of the study are to map spatially total cases and case fatality rate of COVID-19 and to build a linear regression model for mortality based on socio-demographic variables.
Methology:
We plotted the epidemiological data of COVID-19 of Indian states as on 11th May 2021 using the Q-GIS software. We used socio-demographic variables as the predictors of COVID-19 mortality and developed a linear regression model.
Results:
Adjusted R-squared in linear regression model based on socio-demographic variables for COVID-19 deaths is 0.82.
Conclusions:
There are spatial variations in COVID-19 cases and deaths.
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