The Epidemiology of COVID 19 in the Amazon and the Guianas: Similarities, Differences, and International Comparisons.

ABSTRACT: Background: The COVID 19 epidemic submerged many health systems in the Amazon. The objective of the present study was to focus on the epidemic curves of the COVID 19 epidemic in different centers, and to look at testing and mortality data. Methods: Publicly available datasets were used. The log₁₀ of the daily cumulated number of cases starting from the day the territory reached 100 cumulated cases was plotted to compare the magnitude, shape and slope of the different curves. The maximum daily testing efforts were plotted for each territory in relation to the maximum daily number of diagnoses. The case fatality rate was computed by dividing the number of COVID 19 deaths by the number of confirmed cases. Results: In the Amazonian regions in general the speed o

SUBMITTER: Nacher M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7990879 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature