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Spatial pattern of COVID-19 in Bangladesh: an ecological study
BMJ Open ; 11(12), 2021.
Article in English | ProQuest Central | ID: covidwho-1594342
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ObjectiveTo analyse the spatial clustering of COVID-19 case fatality risks in the districts of Bangladesh and to explore the association of sociodemographic indicators with these risks.Study designEcological study.Study settingSecondary data were collected for a total of 64 districts of Bangladesh.MethodsThe data for district-wise COVID-19 cases were collected from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Bangladesh from March 2020 to June 2020. Socioeconomic and demographic data were collected from National Census Data, 2011. Retrospective spatial analysis was conducted based on district-wise COVID-19 cases in Bangladesh. Global Moran’s I was adopted to find out the significance of the clusters. Furthermore, generalised linear model was conducted to find out the association of COVID-19 cases with sociodemographic variables.ResultsTotal 87 054 COVID-19 cases were included in this study. The epidemic hotspots were distributed in the 11 most populous cities. The most likely clusters are primarily situated in the central, south-eastern and north-western regions of the country. High-risk clusters were found in Dhaka (Relative Risk (RR) 5.22), Narayanganj (RR 2.70), Chittagong (RR 1.69), Munshiganj (RR 2.31) Cox’s Bazar (RR 1.63), Faridpur (RR 1.65), Gazipur (RR 1.33), Bogra (RR 1.35), Khulna (RR 1.22), Barishal (RR 1.07) and Noakhali (RR 1.06). Weekly progression of COVID-19 cases showed spatially clustered by Moran’s I statistics (p value ranging from 0.013 to 0.436). After fitting a Poisson linear model, we found a positive association of COVID-19 with floating population rate (RR=1.542, 95% CI 1.520 to 1.564), and urban population rate (RR=1.027, 95% CI 1.026 to 1.028).ConclusionThis study found the high-risk cluster areas in Bangladesh and analysed the basic epidemiological issues;further study is needed to find out the common risk behaviour of the patients and other relative issues that involve the spreading of this infectious disease.
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Full text: Available Collection: Databases of international organizations Database: ProQuest Central Language: English Journal: BMJ Open Year: 2021 Document Type: Article