Impact of the inversion and air pollution on the number of patients with Covid-19 in the metropolitan city of Tehran

Keikhosravi, Ghasem; Fadavi, Seyedeh Fatemeh

There is a downward curve between increasing inversion altitude and the number of coronavirus patients during all periods. As temperature inversion altitude increases, the pollutants are dispersed in a greater thickness of the atmosphere and the concentration of the pollutants decreases on the earth's surface. At the same time, the number of patients with Covid-19 reduces. Although investigation of the effect of severity of pollutants on the number of coronavirus patients showed poor significance level during the periods, a decreasing and increasing relationship was shown. in 1- and 9–14-day periods, the correlation coefficient was negative. As a result, the effect of the severity of pollutants and Covid-19 is not observed on 1- and9–14-day periods. Conversely, during2–8-day periods, a positive correlation coefficient was observed. Therefore, the time between infection with the virus and the onset of symptoms of this disease is between 2 and 8 days, in which the 3-day period showed the highest correlation. Considering the relationship between inversion altitude, the severity of pollutants and the number of patients during 2–5-day periods, it can be concluded that in the metropolitan city of Tehran, the maximum infection of this virus and the onset of symptoms is between 2 and 5 days.