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: Received: 20 August 2023 / Approved: 22 August 2023 / Online: 22 August 2023 (09:39:45 CEST)
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Nascimento dos Santos, J.H.; Alencar, C.H.; Heukelbach, J. SARS-CoV-2 Epidemic in a Small-Sized Municipality in Ceará State, Brazil: Temporal and Spatial Evolution. Preprints2023, 2023081546. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202308.1546.v1
Nascimento dos Santos, J.H.; Alencar, C.H.; Heukelbach, J. SARS-CoV-2 Epidemic in a Small-Sized Municipality in Ceará State, Brazil: Temporal and Spatial Evolution. Preprints 2023, 2023081546. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202308.1546.v1
Nascimento dos Santos, J.H.; Alencar, C.H.; Heukelbach, J. SARS-CoV-2 Epidemic in a Small-Sized Municipality in Ceará State, Brazil: Temporal and Spatial Evolution. Preprints2023, 2023081546. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202308.1546.v1
APA Style
Nascimento dos Santos, J.H., Alencar, C.H., & Heukelbach, J. (2023). SARS-CoV-2 Epidemic in a Small-Sized Municipality in Ceará State, Brazil: Temporal and Spatial Evolution. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202308.1546.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Nascimento dos Santos, J.H., Carlos Henrique Alencar and Jorg Heukelbach. 2023 "SARS-CoV-2 Epidemic in a Small-Sized Municipality in Ceará State, Brazil: Temporal and Spatial Evolution" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202308.1546.v1
Abstract
Data on the temporal and spatial evolution of Sars-Cov-2, local control measures and their effects on morbidity and mortality patterns in rural Brazil are scarce. We analyzed data from case notification systems, epidemiological investigation reports, and municipal decrees in a small municipality in northeast Brazil. For spatial analysis, cases and deaths in the urban area were mapped. There were a total of 3,020 cases of COVID-19 from April 2020 to December 2021; 135 (4.5%) died. The cumulative incidence and mortality rates were 5,650.3 cases and 252.6 deaths per 100,000 population, respectively. The index case of Sars-Cov-2 in the city was diagnosed in March 2020. The first peak of cases and deaths occurred in May 2020. The second wave of infection peaked in May 2021, with the highest number of deaths in March 2021. In spatial analysis, the highest density of cases and deaths occurred in the urban area. The municipal government issued 69 decrees on restriction measures, surveillance, and maintenance of social isolation to address the spread of SarsCov-2. The spread of the Sars-Cov-2 pandemic in Itapajé mirrored the behavior observed in large metropolitan regions, from central neighborhoods to the periphery.
Keywords
Brazil; control measures; COVID-19; spatial analysis; temporal analysis
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases
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