Epidemiological profile of COVID-19 in the State of Rondônia

• Autor(a) principal: Schafe, Manoela Sandri
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Claros, Clarisse Braga de Oliveira, Damasceno, Victor Yuri Pereira, Penteado, Mariana Chaves, Dourado, Tayna Feltrin, Costa, Ruth Silva Lima da
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/20918
• topic: Epidemiología; Mortalidad; Incidencia; Letalidad; COVID-19.; Epidemiologia; Mortalidade; Incidência; Letalidade; COVID-19.; Epidemiology; Mortality; Incidence; Lethality; COVID-19.

In a short period, after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, there were many impacts of an economic, political and social order around the world. In South America, one of the largest epicenters of the disease, especially Brazil, has shown high rates of incidence and mortality in states in the northern region of the country. This study aims to analyze the epidemiological profile of COVID-19 in the state of Rondônia. This is an ecological study, where incidence, mortality and lethality coefficients were studied, based on secondary data provided by the State Health Department of Rondônia on the distribution of confirmed cases of COVID -19 in the period March 2020 to May 2021. A total of 231,873 cases and 5,824 deaths from the disease were registered in the period analyzed. It was observed that the incidence and mortality rate per 100,000 inhabitants showed increasing trends, with decreasing lethality (p<0.05) at the beginning of the study period. It was possible to outline the behavior of the pathology in the state, demonstrating its epidemiological scenario and promoting data to support the actions of health managers in the region. New studies during and after the pandemic should advance the understanding of the spread of the disease in the studied region.