Epidemiological characteristics of COVID-19 in a pole municipality in a health microregion, in the 2020-2021 biennium

• Autor(a) principal: Gomes, Lilian Cristiane
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: de Oliveira, Nadini Copertino, de Souza, Ednilson Antônio, de Macedo, Maria Helena Silva, Rodrigues, Edvânio Ramos
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Journal Health NPEPS
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unemat.br/index.php/jhnpeps/article/view/6314
• topic: Coronavirus Infections; Pandemics; Epidemiology; Health Surveillance; Infecciones por Coronavirus; Pandemias; Epidemiología; Vigilancia de la Salud; Infecções por Coronavírus; Pandemias; Epidemiologia; Vigilância em Saúde

Objective: to describe the epidemiological characteristics of the COVID-19 pandemic in a pole municipality in the health microregion, in the years 2020 and 2021. Method: descriptive and quantitative study, with an ecological approach and based on secondary data, in which the unit of analysis was a hub municipality in the health micro-region of the state of Minas Gerais. For data collection, municipal epidemiological bulletins, in the public domain, published daily by the City Hall were used. The epidemiological characteristics of interest were: number of monthly and cumulative cases, number of monthly deaths according to sex and age, and cumulative, incidence coefficients, mortality and lethality, and occupancy rate of intensive care unit beds. Results: 6,882 cases and 157 accumulated deaths were recorded, with the highest percentage of deaths (57.96%) in males and aged 60 years and over (63.69%). The incidence, mortality and lethality coefficients were, respectively, 13,175.3/100 thousand inhabitants, 300.6/100 thousand inhabitants, and 2.28%. The average monthly occupancy rate of intensive care unit beds remained above 85% during the first half of 2021, reaching 121%. Conclusion: the epidemiological indicators are similar to those of larger municipalities and/or macro-regions, and corroborate the tendency for the disease to be internalized. The data suggest the imminence of a collapse of the local health system, which did not occur thanks to non-pharmacological measures to contain the chain of transmission and, especially, to the advance of immunization.