posted on 2022-01-18, 14:34authored byEdwin Vivanco Valenzuela, Tassiane Cristina de Morais, Blanca Elena Guerrero Daboin, Matheus Paiva Emídio Cavalcanti, Isabella Batista Martins Portugal, Ingrid Soares de Souza, Mariane Albuquerque Lima Ribeiroa, Carlos Bandeira de Mello Monteiro, Luiz Carlos de Abreu
Introduction: the context of the Covid-19 pandemic in the Brazilian
North region is worrying. There is a lack of resources for Public Health,
a low human development index, and poverty indicators above the
national average.
Objective: to analyze mortality and lethality from COVID-19 in the
State of Roraima, Brazil.
Methods: this is an ecological time-series study of secondary data
on COVID-19 in Roraima, Northern Brazil, from March 2020 to July
2021. The incidence, mortality, and lethality rates due to COVID-19
were calculated. The Prais-Winsten regression model was used to
calculate the time series trends. Trends were classified as increasing,
decreasing, or stationary. The trend was considered static when the
p-value was not significant (p>0.05).
Results: in the state of Roraima, from March 2020 to July 2021, there
were 123,125 cases and 1,903 accumulated deaths due to COVID-19.
The first wave (March 2020 to October 2021) of COVID-19 recorded
the incidence rate (2,995.30 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants - July
2020) and mortality (56.32 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants - June
2020) higher lethality. However, in the second wave (November 2020
to July 2021), the highest lethality rate was observed (3.47% - February
2021). It was observed that during the first wave, the incidence rate of
COVID-19 showed increasing trends. During this period, the mortality
rate had a stationary tendency (p>0.05) and the percentage lethality
with a decreasing trend (p<0.05). During the second wave, there was
a more aggravating scenario for lethality, which changed from a daily
reduction rate of 0.90% to stationary trends.
Conclusion: the pandemic in the state of Roraima is not yet under
control, so it is necessary to strengthen strategies to mitigate the
spread of the pandemic in the region and prevent the formation of
new waves.
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Publication
Journal of Human Growth and Development;31 (3), pp. 447-457