Evolução dos casos de COVID-19 de dezembro de 2019 a outubro de 2020 no Maranhão

Bárbara  dos Santos Bezerra; Sandra Regina  Matos da Silva; Thaynara  Pinheiro Araújo

doi:10.36489/saudecoletiva.2021v11i63p5536-5545

Authors

Bárbara dos Santos Bezerra
Sandra Regina Matos da Silva
Thaynara Pinheiro Araújo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36489/saudecoletiva.2021v11i63p5536-5545

Keywords:

Coronavirus, Public Health, Descriptive epidemiology

Abstract

At the end of December 2019, in Wuhan, a new variety of Corona virus was identified, being declared as a public health emergency by the World Health Organization. OBJECTIVE: To analyze the epidemiological evolution of COVID-19 in the state of Maranhão. METHODS: This is a descriptive and retrospective epidemiological study, with a quantitative approach. RESULTS: Maranhão represents 1.7% of the cases in Brazil, ranking 5th in the Northeast region. In terms of number of deaths due to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, the same state contributed with 2.1% of Brazilian cases, with its predominance in females (56%) and in the age group between 30 and 49 years (37.5 %). CONCLUSION: The importance of promoting further studies on the disease and investing in strategies to control the coronavirus is emphasized, since the outbreak of COVID-19 is recent and its duration is uncertain.

Author Biographies

Bárbara dos Santos Bezerra

Academic of the Nursing course at the State University of Maranhão (UEMA).

Sandra Regina Matos da Silva

Nurse; substitute teacher (UEMA/CESSIN); master's student in health and environment from the Federal University of Maranhão, specialist in family health.