Links between air pollution and COVID-19 in England

Marco Travaglio; Rebeka Popovic; Yizhou Yu; Nuno Leal; L. Miguel Martins

The number of SARS-CoV-2 infection cases for each region in England (London, Midlands, North West, North East and Yorkshire, South East, East of England, South West) was obtained from Public Health England (www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-trackcoronavirus-cases). Data on SARS-CoV-2 related daily deaths for each region in England were retrieved from the National Health System (www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statisticalwork-areas/covid-19-daily-deaths/). This source includes the most comprehensive regionlevel repository of COVID-19 deaths in England. The daily deaths summary included deaths of patients who have died in hospitals in England and had tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 at the time of deaths. While this online repository is regularly updated on a daily basis, it is important to note that figures are subject to change due to post-mortem confirmation of diagnosis. Furthermore, data do not include deaths outside the hospital and therefore serve as an approximation of the total number of deaths in England. All deaths are recorded against . CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license It is made available under a author/funder, who has granted medRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity.