COVID-19 was first detected in Brazil on March 1, 2020, making it the first Latin American country to report a case of the novel coronavirus. Since then, the number of infections has risen drastically, reaching approximately 38 million cases by May 11, 2025. Meanwhile, the first local death due to the disease was reported in March 19, 2020. Four years later, the number of fatal cases had surpassed 700,000. The highest COVID-19 death toll in Latin America With a population of more than 211 million inhabitants as of 2023, Brazil is the most populated country in Latin America. This nation is also among the most affected by COVID-19 in number of deaths, not only within the Latin American region, but also worldwide, just behind the United States. These figures have raised a debate on how the Brazilian government has dealt with the pandemic. In fact, according to a study carried out in May 2021, more than half of Brazilians surveyed disapproved of the way in which former president Jair Bolsonaro had been dealing with the health crisis. In comparison, a third of respondents had a similar opinion about the Ministry of Health. Brazil’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign rollout Brazil’s vaccination campaign started at the beginning of 2021, when a nurse from São Paulo became the first person in the country to get vaccinated against the disease. A few years later, roughly 88 percent of the Brazilian population had received at least one vaccine dose, while around 81 percent had already completed the basic immunization scheme. With more than 485.2 million vaccines administered as of March 2023, Brazil was the fourth country with the most administered doses of the COVID-19 vaccine globally, after China, India, and the United States.Find the most up-to-date information about the coronavirus pandemic in the world under Statista’s COVID-19 facts and figures site.

As of September 21, 2023, São Paulo was the Brazilian state where the majority of fatal COVID-19 cases occurred, with approximately 180,887 deaths recorded as of that day. Rio de Janeiro trailed in second, registering around 77,344 fatal cases due to the disease. As of August 2, 2023, the number of deaths from COVID-19 in Brazil reached around 704,659 people. For further information about the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, please visit our dedicated Facts and Figures page.

Brazil recorded 702116 Coronavirus Deaths since the epidemic began, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In addition, Brazil reported 37511921 Coronavirus Cases. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for Brazil Coronavirus Deaths.

This dataset comprises new and accumulated cases and death episodes for each Brazilian municipality, by epidemiological week.

Criteria for confirmed cases: * Final classification (variable CLASSI_FIN) = 5 * Antigenic test result (variable AN_SARS2) = 1 * RT-PCR test result (variable AN_SARS2) = 1 For death episodes: * confirmed cases that progressed to death (variable EVOLUCAO = 2) * death from other causes (variable EVOLUCAO = 3) Reference date for cases: * symptom onset date (variable DT_SIN_PRI) Reference date for death episodes: * case evolution date (variable DT_EVOLUCA) * for missing dates, the closest date was used: case closing date, ICU discharge date, ICU entry date, testing date, notification date Age groups follow a five-years interval Phase and peak variables were created based on epidemiological weeks.

This dataset was used as part project - Evaluating Effects of Social Inequalities on the COVID-19 Pandemic in Brazil. Maria Yury Ichihara and colleagues at the Centre for Data and Knowledge Integration for Health (Cidacs) at Fiocruz in Brazil created a social disparities index to measure inequalities relevant to the COVID-19 pandemic, such as unequal access to healthcare, to identify regions that are more vulnerable to infection and to better focus prevention efforts.

In Brazil, markers of inequality are associated with COVID-19 morbidity and mortality. They developed the index with available COVID-19 surveillance data, hosted on the Cidacs platform, and built a public data visualisation dashboard to share the index and patterns of COVID-19 incidence and mortality with the broader community. This enabled health managers and policymakers to monitor the pandemic situation in the most vulnerable populations and target social and health interventions.

Permissions to use this dataset must be obtained from the Ministry of Health Brazil.

In past 24 hours, Brazil, South America had N/A new cases, N/A deaths and N/A recoveries.

This dataset was generated from raw data obtained at

• Ceará State - https://indicadores.integrasus.saude.ce.gov.br/api/casos-coronavirus/export-csv
• São Paulo State - http://www.seade.gov.br/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Dados-covid-19-estado.csv
• Brazil - https://covid.saude.gov.br/

Data was processed with R package EpiEstim (methodology in the associated preprint). Briefly, instantaneous R was estimated within a 5 day time window. Prior mean and standard deviation values for R were set at 3 and 1. Serial interval was estimated using a parametric distribution with uncertainty (offset gamma). We compared the results at two time points (day 7 and day 21 after the first case was registered at each region) from different brazillian states in order to make inferences about the epidemic dynamics.

As of July 18, 2022, Omicron was the most prevalent variant of COVID-19 sequenced in Brazil. By that time, the share of COVID-19 cases corresponding to the Omicron BA.5 variant amounted to around 73.74 percent of the country's analyzed sequences of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. A month earlier this figure was equal to about 33 percent of the cases studied in Brazil. The Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 - the virus causing COVID-19 - was designated as a variant of concern by the World Health Organization in November 2021. Since then, it has been rapidly spreading, causing an unprecedented increase in the amount of cases reported worldwide. Find the most up-to-date information about the coronavirus pandemic in the world under Statista’s COVID-19 facts and figures site.

COVID-19: No. of Tests: Serious Cases: New: RT-PCR Tests: by State: Southeast: São Paulo: Ignored data was reported at 0.000 Unit in 28 Mar 2025. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 Unit for 27 Mar 2025. COVID-19: No. of Tests: Serious Cases: New: RT-PCR Tests: by State: Southeast: São Paulo: Ignored data is updated daily, averaging 0.000 Unit from Aug 2002 (Median) to 28 Mar 2025, with 8247 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.000 Unit in 28 Mar 2025 and a record low of 0.000 Unit in 28 Mar 2025. COVID-19: No. of Tests: Serious Cases: New: RT-PCR Tests: by State: Southeast: São Paulo: Ignored data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Health. The data is categorized under Brazil Premium Database’s Health Sector – Table BR.HLA003: Disease Outbreaks: COVID-19: Number of Tests: Serious Cases.

City level open access data from 26 States and the Federal District and from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) [20], the Department of Informatics of Brazilian Public Health System – DATASUS, Ministry of Health, the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) and from Brazil.io. Data from all 5,570 cities in Brazil were included in the analysis. COVID-19 data included cases and deaths reported between February 26th, 2020 and February 4th, 2021. The following outcomes were computed: a) days between the first case in Brazil until the first case in the city; b) days between the first case in the city until the day when 1,000 cases were reported; and c) days between the first death in city until the day when 50 deaths inhabitants were reported. Descriptive analyses were performed on the following: proportion of cities reaching 1,000 cases; number of cases at three, six, nine and 12 months after first case; cities reporting at least one COVID-19 related death; number of COVID-19 related deaths at three, six, nine and 12 months after first death in the country. All incidence data is adjusted for 100,000 inhabitants.The following covariates were included: a) geographic region where the city is located (Midwest, North, Northeast, Southeast and South), metropolitan city (no/yes) and urban or rural; b) social and environmental city characteristics [total area (Km2), urban area (Km2), population size (inhabitants), population living within urban area (inhabitants), population older than 60 years (%), indigenous population (%), black population (%), illiterate older than 25 years (%) and city in extreme poverty (no/yes)]; c) housing conditions [household with density >2 per dormitory (%), household with garbage collection (%), household connected to the water supply system (%) and household connected to the sewer system (%)]; d) job characteristics [commerce (%) and informal workers (%)]; e) socioeconomic and inequalities characteristics [GINI index; income per capita; poor or extremely poor (%) and households in informal urban settlements (%)]; f) health services access and coverage [number of National Public Health System (SUS) physicians per inhabitants (100,000 inhabitants), number of SUS nurses per inhabitants (100,000 inhabitants), number of intensive care units or ICU per inhabitants (100,000 inhabitants). All health services access and coverage variables were standardized using z-scores, combined into one single variable categorized into tertiles.

Abstract INTRODUCTION Five months after the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Brazil, the country has the second highest number of cases in the world. Without any scientifically proven drug or vaccine available combined with COVID-19’s high transmissivity, slowing down the spread of the infection is a challenge. In an attempt to save the economy, the Brazilian government is slowly beginning to allow non-essential services to reopen for in-person customers. METHODS: In this study, we analyze, based on data analysis and statistics, how other countries evolve and under which conditions they decided to resume normal activity. In addition, due to the heterogeneity of Brazil, we explore Brazilian data of COVID-19 from the State Health Secretaries to evaluate the situation of the pandemic within the states. RESULTS: Results show that while other countries have flattened their curves and present low numbers of active cases, Brazil continues to see an increase in COVID-19 patients. Furthermore, a number of important states are easing restrictions despite a high percentage of confirmed cases. CONCLUSIONS: All analyses show that Brazil is not ready for reopening, and the premature easing of restrictions may increase the number of COVID-19-related deaths and cause the collapse of the public health system.

The number of COVID-19 vaccination doses administered in Brazil rose to 486436436 as of Oct 27 2023. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for Brazil Coronavirus Vaccination Total.

Brazil recorded 16779136 Coronavirus Recovered since the epidemic began, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In addition, Brazil reported 617271 Coronavirus Deaths. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for Brazil Coronavirus Recovered.

Dataset

This dataset was created by Luiz Fernando

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New Covid cases per month in Brazil, March, 2023 The most recent value is 234246 new Covid cases as of March 2023, an increase compared to the previous value of 230156 new Covid cases. Historically, the average for Brazil from February 2020 to March 2023 is 981087 new Covid cases. The minimum of 1 new Covid cases was recorded in February 2020, while the maximum of 3529428 new Covid cases was reached in February 2022. | TheGlobalEconomy.com

This dataset measures the mobility trend in different dimensions (location categories) for Brazil, Federation Units and Municipalities.

New Covid cases per million people in Brazil, March, 2023 The most recent value is 1088 new Covid cases per million people as of March 2023, an increase compared to the previous value of 1069 new Covid cases per million people. Historically, the average for Brazil from February 2020 to March 2023 is 4557 new Covid cases per million people. The minimum of 0 new Covid cases per million people was recorded in February 2020, while the maximum of 16392 new Covid cases per million people was reached in February 2022. | TheGlobalEconomy.com

In April 2021, Brazil reached a new record of deaths due to COVID-19 in a day, with more than 4,200 thousand fatalities reported within 24 hours. That same month, the country's gross domestic product (GDP) was expected to increase by 3.17 percent during the year, down from a growth of nearly 3.5 percent forecast two months earlier. Since then, expectations have improved, with a forecast growth of 5.27 percent as of the third week of July.By December 2020, Brazil's GDP was forecast to decrease by 4.4 percent during 2020, an improvement in comparison to the 6.5 percent decrease forecast by the beginning of July. This figure, which had remained stable at a 2.3 percent forecast growth during the first months of the year, decreased for five consecutive months amidst the outbreak of COVID-19 in Brazil. For further information about the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, please visit our dedicated Facts and Figures page.

Abstract Objective: to analyze confirmed cases and deaths by COVID-19 among nursing professionals in Brazil. Methods: epidemiological study using geoprocessing techniques. Data from March 20 until May 28 2020 were collected from the Conselho Federal de Enfermagem [Brazilian Federal Nursing Council]. We used Chi-squared, Mantel-Haenszel, and G test for analysing the association between deaths and age group, sex, geographical region of work. Results: 17,414 suspicious cases, 5,732 confirmed cases and 134 deaths occurred in the period. The Southeast region showed the highest number of cases (46.35%) and deaths (44.78%). The most affected age group regarding cases was 31-40 years (n = 2,515), and regarding deaths, 41-50 (n = 38). The death rate was higher in men. The variables “age group”, “sex” and “geographical region of work” were significantly correlated to deaths by COVID-19 (p < 0.05). The states Amapá, Roraima and Bahia presented the highest rate of cases per 1,000 officially acknowledged nursing professionals (6.28, 6.10 and 5.99, respectively). Conclusion: the data indicate the need for a critical perspective on the nursing field in order to combat COVID-19.

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The Brazil 2021 COVID-19 Phone Survey was conducted to provide information on how the pandemic had been affecting Brazilian households in 2021. It was inspired by the Latin America and Caribbean High Frequency Phone Surveys and collected information along multiple dimensions relevant to the welfare of the population (e.g. changes in employment and income, coping mechanisms, access to health and education services, gender inequalities, and food insecurity). A total of 2,166 phone interviews were conducted across all Brazilian states between July 26 and October 1, 2021. The survey followed a Random Digit Dialing (RDD) sampling methodology using a dual sampling frame of cellphone and landline numbers. The sampling frame was stratified by type of phone and state. Results are nationally representative for households with a landline or at least one cell phone and of individuals of ages 18 years and above who have an active cell phone number or a landline at home.

Geographic coverage

National coverage

Analysis unit

Households and individuals of 18 years of age and older.

Universe

Households with a landline or in which at least one member has a cell phone, and individuals 18 years of age or above who have an active cell phone number or a landline at home.

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

The sample is based on a dual frame of cell phone and landline numbers that was generated through a Random Digit Dialing (RDD) process and consisted of all possible phone numbers under the national phone numbering plan. Numbers were screened through an automated process to identify active numbers and cross-checked with business registries to identify business numbers not eligible for the survey. This method ensures coverage of all landline and cellphone numbers active at the time of the survey. The sampling frame was stratified by type of phone and state.

See Sampling Design and Weighting document for more detail

Mode of data collection

Computer Assisted Telephone Interview [cati]

Research instrument

Available in Portuguese. The questionnaire followed closely the LAC HFPS Questionnaire of Phase II Wave I but had some critical variations.

Response rate

Response rates for landline phones and cell phones were 11.3 percent and 8.5 percent, respectively. Sizes of the samples drawn from the frames were based on the expectation of low response rates for phone surveys.

See Sampling Design and Weighting document for more detail.

Since the president of Brazil, in an interview at Flow podcast on August 10, 2022, stated that in COVID, children are asymptomatic, almost never hospitalized, and rarely needed intensive care, which is a huge and dangerous lie. Based on Brazilian Health SUS data provided by the Bolsonaro government itself, we prove the ignorance and risk of mixing ideology and feelings with science and medicine. The most dangerous ignorance is not unknowing, but believing that they have knowledge, being miles away from it. Dataset provided by the opendataSUS platform with all patients notified with a diagnosis of COVID in Brazil between Jan/20 and Aug/22 under 12 years old. Number of cases, hospital admissions, ICU admissions and deaths.