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Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul
2020
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- Epidemiological data and the importance for the COVID-19 pandemic control in Brazil Tatiana Aline Carvalho Fernando Augusto Lima Marson Salud CoV SARS Brazil Epidemiology Social Isolation Background and objectives: in Brazil, access to the epidemiological data of COVID-19 is scarce. Thus, it was described aspects that could be better disclosed for use in public health decision making. Methods: census data were collected on the number of cases and deaths, lethality, incidence and mortality per hundred thousand inhabitants, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) caused by SARS-CoV-2 or other virus, % of intensive care unit occupancy and social isolation, number of tests of RT-PCRs and % of tests performed against the total of samples collected. Results: there was an increase in the number of SARS in 2020 compared to cases from previous years. The number of RT-PCR tests was performed, mainly in critically ill patients with COVID-19. Some states in Brazil performed an analysis of the material collected for RT-PCR from only a portion of individuals. In Brazil, there is an apparent underreporting of cases of the disease, which can comprise about 44 thousand individuals in serious condition or deaths, as well as more than about 700 thousand individuals with mild severity or asymptomatic. Conclusion: in Brazil, there is limited access to the information that characterizes the reality of the moment in which citizens live before the COVID-19 pandemic. Epidemiological data, mainly referring to the number of new cases, deaths and hospitalizations by COVID-19 and analysis of adherence to social isolation are extremely important to enable decision-making for better management of COVID-19 in national and international level. 2020 artículo científico 2238-3360 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=570469752004 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/5704/570469752004/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/5704/570469752004/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/5704/570469752004/570469752004.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/5704/570469752004/movil https://doi.org/10.17058/reci.v10i4.15360 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=5704 Revista de Epidemiologia e Controle de Infecção application/pdf Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul Revista de Epidemiologia e Controle de Infecção (Brasil) Num.4 Vol.10