Epidemiological profile of COVID-19 cases in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Macedo, Tássia Teles Santana de
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Silva, Luiza Santana Monteiro, Figueredo, Wilton Nascimento, Cardoso, Gustavo Marques Porto, Silva, Rodrigo Marques da, Pimenta, Rodolfo Macedo Cruz
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Baiana de Saúde Pública (Online)
• DOI: 10.22278/2318-2660.2021.v45.n1.a3235
• Texto Completo: https://rbsp.sesab.ba.gov.br/index.php/rbsp/article/view/3235
• topic: COVID-19; Coronavírus; Dados Demográficos; Análise Espacial; Epidemiologia; COVID-19; Coronavírus; Pandemia; Covid-19; Coronavirus; Datos demográficos; Análisis espacial; Epidemiología; COVID-19; Coronavirus; Demographic data; Spatial analysis; Epidemiology

Responsible for thousands of deaths worldwide, the COVID-19 pandemic remains a concern for health authorities due to its high infectivity and transmissibility, thus constituting a global public health emergency. This study sought to describe the epidemiological profile of COVID-19 cases in the municipality of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil in the first four months of the pandemic. Using a quantitative approach, this epidemiological, retrospective, descriptive study analyzed secondary data from COVID-19 notifications recorded between March and June 2020 in the respective city. The period analyzed was March to June 2020. Results show 34,692 confirmed cases, with high prevalence of adults (77.3%) aged 20 to 49 years old, women (53.7%), and a small number of cases in children and adolescents (4.4%). The Barra/Rio Vermelho sanitary district, region with the best socioeconomic indicators, had the highest number of reported cases. Heart disease (10.4%) and diabetes mellitus (7.8%) were the most reported past pathologies among the infected. In conclusion, the city of Salvador showed a propensity to increase the number of cases and, consequently, was prone to the worsening of the disease, which imposes the need to develop public strategies to reduce the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.