Epidemiologia da COVID-19: comparação entre boletins epidemiológicos

Abstract

Introduction: To cope with the COVID-19 pandemic is necessary social isolation and epidemiological monitoring of the evolution of the number of cases of this disease. Objective: to evaluate the incidence rate and its epidemiological distribution by age, sex, risk factor and lethality using secondary data from official sources of information about the pandemic episode in the country registered in DATASUS and in the epidemiological bulletins of the Ministry of Health. Method: Descriptive research conducted based on secondary data extracted from the epidemiological bulletins 06, 09 and 14 of the MS on COVID-19. Results: Most of the cases are concentrated in the Southeast region. Among the total deaths, the majority had at least one risk factor. Heart disease was the main associated comorbidity, most of the individuals were 60 years old or older and the male predominated. Conclusion: More clinical and epidemiological studies are needed to clarify the best forms of prevention and intervention for victims of SARS-CoV-2 to reduce the occurrence of new cases and deaths related to this virus.