The spread pattern of Covid-19 in Batang, Central Java, Indonesia.

The distribution pattern of Corona Virus Disease 19 (Covid-19) cases in Batang Regency showed an increasing number of cases and infection areas from April 4, 2020, until nowadays. Increasingly, the number of cases and infected areas to 2,282 cases in 209 villages was recorded in December 2020. There was diversity in environmental characteristics, which correlated with the increase in the number and distribution cases. This study aimed to analyze of the distribution Covid-19 cases based on epidemiology characteristics by spatial approach in Batang Regency. The type of research is descriptive with an explanatory spatial design with a sample were 248 villages in Batang District. The results showed that 209 villages (84.3%) were identified to have Covid-19 disease with the highest proportion were female 55.7%, adult age (20 - 60 years) 78.7%, recovered cases 80 %, people without symptoms 73.5% and people without close contact were 61.6%. The Spearman rank test showed a significant correlation between population density and altitude of the area with Covid-19 cases (p-value = 0.01). The Moran's index showed the pattern of Covid-19 incidence has significant spatial autocorrelation with p-value <0.01 and Z-score> 2.58. The distribution pattern of Covid-19 based on environmental characteristics showed the relationship and spatial autocorrelation in the study period forming a clustered pattern. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]