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Comparisons between the Neighboring States of Amazonas and Pará in Brazil in the Second Wave of COVID-19 Outbreak and a Possible Role of Early Ambulatory Treatment

Federal University of Espirito Santo, Campus de Goiabeiras, Vitoria-ES 29075-910, Brazil
Academic Editor: Jimmy T. Efird
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(7), 3371; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073371
Received: 20 February 2021 / Revised: 19 March 2021 / Accepted: 21 March 2021 / Published: 24 March 2021
(This article belongs to the Section Public Health Statistics and Risk Assessment)
Brazil and many countries are now experiencing a second wave of the COVID-19 outbreak. The objective of this study is to compare results with statistical samples involving millions of people in the two largest neighboring states in Brazil, Amazonas and Pará, which in the first wave were similar but now show significant different results in combating COVID-19. During the first wave, in May 2020, the maximums of the 7-day average daily deaths per population of Amazonas and Pará were similar: 15.7 and 17.1 deaths per day per million people, respectively, which means a ratio 15.7/17.1 = 0.92 ≈ 1. Now, in the second wave of COVID-19 outbreak, Amazonas has entered a serious situation; meanwhile, Pará has presented a much smaller growth in the mortality. The accumulated mortality per population from 11 November 2020 to 15 March 2021 of Amazonas and Pará are 1645 and 296 deaths per million people, respectively. As 1645/296 = 5.55, Amazonas is presenting an accumulated mortality per population more than five times that of Pará. Future in-depth research can provide a grounded answer to explain this significant difference, nonetheless the explicit support of the Pará state government, after 21 May 2020, to early ambulatory treatment may have played some role on this result. View Full-Text
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; mortality; treatment; comparison; statistics; Brazil SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; mortality; treatment; comparison; statistics; Brazil
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Emmerich, F.G. Comparisons between the Neighboring States of Amazonas and Pará in Brazil in the Second Wave of COVID-19 Outbreak and a Possible Role of Early Ambulatory Treatment. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 3371. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073371

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Emmerich FG. Comparisons between the Neighboring States of Amazonas and Pará in Brazil in the Second Wave of COVID-19 Outbreak and a Possible Role of Early Ambulatory Treatment. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(7):3371. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073371

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Emmerich, Francisco G. 2021. "Comparisons between the Neighboring States of Amazonas and Pará in Brazil in the Second Wave of COVID-19 Outbreak and a Possible Role of Early Ambulatory Treatment" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 7: 3371. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073371

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