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From: Should we remain hopeful? The key 8 weeks: spatiotemporal epidemic characteristics of COVID-19 in Sichuan Province and its comparative analysis with other provinces in China and global epidemic trends

Fig. 5

Hot spot analysis of the epidemic (comparison of key dates, local cases). *Spatial autocorrelation analysis of China showed positive spatial correlation. From January 23 to February 20, the epidemic situation was rapidly gathering in space. In part A, there were 39 level 1 hot spots,22 level 2 hot spots. The level 1 hot spots were mainly distributed in Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi Provinces. The level 2 hot spots were mainly distributed in Henan and Anhui Provinces. In part B, all the original level 2 hot spots turned into level 1. After February 20, the hot spots did not expand, which reflected that the spread of the epidemic was effectively controlled

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