Tracking excess deaths associated with the COVID-19 epidemic as an epidemiological surveillance strategy-preliminary results of the evaluation of six Brazilian capitals

Abstract INTRODUCTION: In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak a pandemic. In Brazil, 110 thousand cases and 5,901 deaths were confirmed by the end of April 2020. The scarcity of laboratory resources, the overload on the service network, and...

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Main Author: Freitas,André Ricardo Ribas (author)
Other Authors: Medeiros,Nicole Montenegro de (author), Frutuoso,Livia Carla Vinhal (author), Beckedorff,Otto Albuquerque (author), Martin,Lucas Mariscal Alves de (author), Coelho,Marcela Montenegro de Medeiros (author), Freitas,Giovanna Gimenez Souza de (author), Lemos,Daniele Rocha Queiróz (author), Cavalcanti,Luciano Pamplona de Góes (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2020
Subjects:
Excess mortality
COVID-19
Pandemic
Respiratory vírus
Epidemiological surveillance
Intelligence tool
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822020000100377
Country:Brazil
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