Brazil showed an increase in Covid-19 cases in all regions during the last epidemiological week, between 15 and 21 May.
Data from the InfoGripe Bulletin, from the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), released this Thursday (26), show that approximately 48% of records of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) were due to the disease. In addition, 84% of SARS deaths are also related to the coronavirus.
Although the numbers refer to a period of seven days, the coordinator of InfoGripe, Marcelo Gomes, points out that this trend has been repeating itself for some time. “This propensity has been observed since the epidemiological week of April 24-30,” he explains, adding that “the estimate is 6,000 SARS cases in the epidemiological week of May 15-21.”
The researcher also states that the calculation may have a margin of error. “We worked with estimates for recent weeks, to compensate for the delay in entering data into the system. That is, we estimate that there were 6,000 new cases in week 20, ranging from 5.3 to 6.9 thousand”, he concludes.
In the regional analysis, the researchers point out that 18 of the 27 federative units in the country pointed to long-term growth, that is, in the previous six weeks. They are: Acre, Alagoas, Amazonas, Amapá, Bahia, Distrito Federal, Goiás, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Roraima, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Sergipe and Tocantins.
Among the capitals, 20 of the 27 cities also showed signs of growth in cases. The exceptions were Belo Horizonte (MG), Cuiabá (MT), Campo Grande (MS), Maranhão (MA), João Pessoa (PB), Porto Velho (RO) and Florianópolis (SC).
So far, in the epidemiological year, Fiocruz has reported 141,808 SARS cases. Among the positive results, 81.5% were of SARS-CoV-2, the technical name for the virus that causes Covid-19. Another 5.1% of Influenza A and 0.1% of Influenza B, two viruses responsible for the flu. Finally, 8.1% of the cases were respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
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Source: CNN Brasil
