Results of a Study on the Impact of Surface Ozone Concentration on the Spread of COVID-19 in Tbilisi
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The results of a study of the influence of diurnal values of surface ozone concentration (SOC) on the infection positivity rate with coronavirus COVID-19 (IR) of the population of Tbilisi from October 8, 2020 to May 31, 2021 are presented. It was found that IR values are inversely correlated with SOC. For example, at ozone concentrations from 0 to 20 mcg/m3 values of COVID-19 Infection Rate on average was 18.5 %, whereas with SOC values from 80 to 100 mcg/m3 – only 2.3%. Connection daily values of IR with SOC has an inverse linear form. IR = -0.2307·SOC + 20.543 for individual cases; IR = -0.2113·SOC + 19.756 for averaged values of IR in different ranges of SOC values.
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