COVID-19 in northeast Brazil: first year of the pandemic and uncertainties to come

• Main Authors: Ligia Regina Franco Sansigolo Kerr (Author), Carl Kendall (Author), Rosa Lívia Freitas de Almeida (Author), Maria Yury Ichihara (Author), Estela Maria L Aquino (Author), Antônio Augusto Moura da Silva (Author), Ricardo Arraes de Alencar Ximenes (Author), Maria de Fatima Pessoa Militão de Albuquerque (Author), Naomar Almeida-Filho (Author), Rafael Felipe Souza (Author), Sinval Pinto Brandão Filho (Author), Wayner Vieira de Souza (Author), Maurício Lima Barreto (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To analyze the epidemic of COVID-19 in northeastern Brazil, one of the regions most affected by the virus. METHODS The official data for COVID-19, from March 2020 to March 2021 in the states of the Northeast Region (NE), were used. The analysis of capital cities and states for acc...