Dataset Information

Identification of potential lockdown areas during COVID-19 transmission in Punjab, Pakistan.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Real-time COVID-19 spread mapping and monitoring to identify lockdown and semi-lockdown areas using hotspot analysis and geographic information systems and also near future prediction modeling for risk of COVID-19 in Punjab, Pakistan.

Study design

Data for all COVID-19 cases were collected until 20 October 2020 in Punjab Province.

Methods

The methodology included geotagging COVID-19 cases to understand the trans-mobility areas for COVID-19 and characterize risk. The hotspot analysis technique was used to identify the number of areas in danger zones and the number of people affected by COVID-19. The complete lockdown areas were marked down geographically to be selected by the government of Pakistan based on increased numbers of cases.