The ground-level ozone concentration is inversely correlated with the number of COVID-19 cases in Warsaw, Poland

Oskar Wiśniewski; Wiesław Kozak; Maciej Wiśniewski

doi:10.1007/s11869-021-01009-7

The ground-level ozone concentration is inversely correlated with the number of COVID-19 cases in Warsaw, Poland

Air Qual Atmos Health. 2021;14(8):1169-1173. doi: 10.1007/s11869-021-01009-7. Epub 2021 Apr 8.

Authors

Oskar Wiśniewski¹, Wiesław Kozak¹, Maciej Wiśniewski²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Immunology, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, 1 Lwowska Street, Toruń, Poland.
² ImmQuest, 17 Uniwersytecka Street, Toruń, Poland.

Abstract

COVID-19, which is a consequence of infection with the novel viral agent SARS-CoV-2, first identified in China (Hubei Province), has been declared a pandemic by the WHO. As of September 10, 2020, over 70,000 cases and over 2000 deaths have been recorded in Poland. Of the many factors contributing to the level of transmission of the virus, the weather appears to be significant. In this work, we analyze the impact of weather factors such as temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, and ground-level ozone concentration on the number of COVID-19 cases in Warsaw, Poland. The obtained results show an inverse correlation between ground-level ozone concentration and the daily number of COVID-19 cases.

Keywords: Coronavirus; Ozone; Poland; SARS-CoV-2; Weather.