Perfil epidemiológico da doença do Coronavírus – 2019 em Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso

Abstract

The disease of the new Coronavirus-2019, emerged in China, city of Wuhan, in December 2019 and spread rapidly throughout the world. In Brazil, the first case was detected on February 26, 2020 in the city of São Paulo. This study sought to describe the clinical and epidemiological aspects of patients confirmed with COVID-19 in the municipality of Barra do Garças, state of Mato Grosso. For this, a cross-sectional, retrospective study was carried out, with data from the first case of the disease in the municipality, between the period from March 18, 2020 to September 09, 2021. 10,403 cases of patients with a mean age of 40 years, where 17.7% had some comorbidity, 7.9% required hospitalization and 3.47% died. Of the deaths recorded by the disease, 64.5% of the patients had some comorbidity, had a mean age of 63 years, with men being the most hospitalized (59%) and with more deaths (58.4%). The most frequent symptoms were cough, fever, headache and sore throat, respectively, and 5.73% of the cases were asymptomatic. It is concluded that the municipality of Barra do Garças had a high mortality and lethality rate, when compared with data from other studies.