Journal
NATURE HUMAN BEHAVIOUR
Volume 4, Issue 8, Pages 856-+Publisher
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41562-020-0928-4
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Funding
- FAPESP [2018/12579-7, 2018/14389-0]
- Medical Research Council
- CADDE [MR/S0195/1]
- Sao Paulo Research Foundation, Brazil [2017/13981-0, 2019/24251-9]
- Wellcome Trust [206471/Z/17/Z]
- Royal Society [204311/Z/16/Z]
- Oxford Martin School
- Wellcome Trust [206471/Z/17/Z] Funding Source: Wellcome Trust
- MRC [MR/S019510/1, MC_PC_19012, MR/R015600/1, MR/R010161/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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Brazil has one of the fastest-growing COVID-19 epidemics in the world. De Souza et al. report epidemiological, demographic and clinical findings for COVID-19 cases in the country during the first 3 months of the epidemic. The first case of COVID-19 was detected in Brazil on 25 February 2020. We report and contextualize epidemiological, demographic and clinical findings for COVID-19 cases during the first 3 months of the epidemic. By 31 May 2020, 514,200 COVID-19 cases, including 29,314 deaths, had been reported in 75.3% (4,196 of 5,570) of municipalities across all five administrative regions of Brazil. TheR(0)value for Brazil was estimated at 3.1 (95% Bayesian credible interval = 2.4-5.5), with a higher median but overlapping credible intervals compared with some other seriously affected countries. A positive association between higher per-capita income and COVID-19 diagnosis was identified. Furthermore, the severe acute respiratory infection cases with unknown aetiology were associated with lower per-capita income. Co-circulation of six respiratory viruses was detected but at very low levels. These findings provide a comprehensive description of the ongoing COVID-19 epidemic in Brazil and may help to guide subsequent measures to control virus transmission.
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