STATISTICAL ANALYSIS ON THE RELATIONSHIP OF DEATH CONFIRMED AND DISCHARGED CASES OF CORONA VIRUS IN THE NORTHERN REGION OF NIGERIA

Abstract

This study investigated the association between the covid-19 dependent variable (death case) and the covid-19 explanatory variable (confirmed and discharged cases) in the three northern Nigerian regions. The analysis employed multiple regression, and at the 5% level of significance, there is a significant correlation between mortality, confirmed, and discharged cases for each of the three regions. The results of the additional significance test for the t-test showed that there is no evidence of a relationship between confirmed cases in the north east and north west regions and discharged cases in the north central region and dependent variable death cases, but there is evidence of a relationship between discharged cases and dependent variable death cases for the north east and north west regions as well as for north central confirmed cases. Additionally, it is advised that