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

Data of COVID-19 in Brazil

Souce: https://covid.saude.gov.br/ Updated in 16 November 2020

Brazil is the Latin American country affected the most by the COVID-19 pandemic. As of May 2025, the country had reported around 38 million cases. It was followed by Argentina, with approximately ten million confirmed cases of COVID-19. In total, the region had registered more than 83 million diagnosed patients, as well as a growing number of fatal COVID-19 cases. The research marathon Normally, the development of vaccines takes years of research and testing until options are available to the general public. However, with an alarming and threatening situation as that of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists quickly got on board in a vaccine marathon to develop a safe and effective way to prevent and control the spread of the virus in record time. Over two years after the first cases were reported, the world had around 1,521 drugs and vaccines targeting the COVID-19 disease. As of June 2022, a total of 39 candidates were already launched and countries all over the world had started negotiations and acquisition of the vaccine, along with immunization campaigns. COVID vaccination rates in Latin America As immunization against the spread of the disease continues to progress, regional disparities in vaccination coverage persist. While Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico were among the Latin American nations with the most COVID-19 cases, those that administered the highest number of COVID-19 doses per 100 population are Cuba, Chile, and Peru. Leading the vaccination coverage in the region is the Caribbean nation, with more than 406 COVID-19 vaccines administered per every 100 inhabitants as of January 5, 2024.For further information about the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, please visit our dedicated Facts and Figures page.

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

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.

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.

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Total Covid cases per million people in Brazil, March, 2023 The most recent value is 173044 cases per million as of March 2023, an increase compared to the previous value of 171956 cases per million. Historically, the average for Brazil from February 2020 to March 2023 is 90410 cases per million. The minimum of 0 cases per million was recorded in February 2020, while the maximum of 173044 cases per million was reached in March 2023. | TheGlobalEconomy.com

Brazil Person w/ COVID-19 Symptom as % Any Symptom: Sore Throat data was reported at 27.581 % in 22 Aug 2020. This records an increase from the previous number of 27.078 % for 15 Aug 2020. Brazil Person w/ COVID-19 Symptom as % Any Symptom: Sore Throat data is updated daily, averaging 23.801 % from May 2020 (Median) to 22 Aug 2020, with 15 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 28.694 % in 25 Jul 2020 and a record low of 21.291 % in 06 Jun 2020. Brazil Person w/ COVID-19 Symptom as % Any Symptom: Sore Throat data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. The data is categorized under Brazil Premium Database’s Socio and Demographic – Table BR.GAG004: Continuous National Household Sample Survey: PNAD COVID-19.

Context

The original COVID-19 dataset included information about tested patients, containing early-stage symptoms, comorbidities, demographics information, and symptoms description. The patients were tested by applying viral or rapid tests. The raw data was collected by the public health agency of the city of Campina Grande, Paraíba state, in Northeast Brazil. Such a public agency is informed by all the COVID-19 exams performed in the city of Campina Grande. The health agency employees removed patient identification, and the data made available were reused to enable this study.

This dataset relates to the study entitled "Machine Learning Classification Models for COVID-19 Test Prioritization in Brazil".

Acknowledgements

Viana dos Santos Santana, Íris ; C. M. da Silveira,, Andressa; Sobrinho, Alvaro; Chaves e Silva, Lenardo ; Dias da Silva, Leandro ; Freire de Souza Santos, Danilo ; Candeia, Edmar ; Perkusich, Angelo (2021), “A Brazilian dataset of symptomatic patients for screening the risk of COVID-19”, Mendeley Data, V5, doi: 10.17632/b7zcgmmwx4.5

Abstract Coronavirus is associated with several infectious diseases that cause outbreaks in humans, such as SARS in 2002-2003 and MERS in 2012. In December 2019, COVID-19, promoted by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, was first reported in Wuhan (China) as a new coronavirus disease. This outbreak quickly reached a pandemic status, affecting at least 185 countries and territories to date on all continents. The first case of COVID-19 reported in São Paulo city (Brazil) occurred in February 26th. Days later, 182 suspected cases in 16 states were being monitored. In May 30th, 514,849 cases and 29,314 deaths were confirmed in Brazil comprising all 26 states and Federal District. The primary measure in order to contain the spread of SARS-CoV-2 involved social isolation. At that time there were not enough diagnostic tests to identify infected individuals and data were strongly associated with sub notifications. Nevertheless, the effectiveness of this measure largely depends on the individual’s social responsibility. This measure has a severe economic and social impact, as in other countries. In this review, we present an overview and scientific perspectives of the evolution of COVID-19 from Brazilian databases in which climate and economic situations differ from China, European countries, and the USA.

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.

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

The COVID-19 pandemic brings to light the reality of the Brazilian health system. The underreporting of COVID-19 deaths in the state of Minas Gerais (MG), where the second largest population of the country is concentrated, reveals government unpreparedness, as there is a low capacity of testing in the population, which prevents the real understanding of the general panorama of SARS-CoV-2 dissemination. The goals of this research are to analyze the causes of deaths in different Brazilian government databases (Civil Registry Transparency Portal and InfoGripe) and to assess whether there are sub-records showing an unexpected increase in the frequency of deaths from causes clinically similar to COVID-19. A descriptive and quantitative analysis of the number of deaths by COVID-19 and similar causes was performed in different databases. Our results demonstrate that different official sources had a discrepancy of 109.45% between these data referring to the same period. There was also a 758.57% increase in SARI deaths in 2020, when compared to the average of previous years. Finally, it was shown that there was an increase in the rate of pneumonia and respiratory insufficiency (RI) by 6.34 and 6.25%, respectively. In conclusion, there is an underreporting of COVID-19 deaths in MG due to the unexplained excess of deaths caused by SARI, respiratory insufficiency, and pneumonia compared to previous years.

Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has been most severe in the poorest regions of Brazil, such as the states of the Northeast Region. The lack of national policies for pandemic control forced state and municipal authorities to implement public health measures. The aim of this study is to show the effect of these measures on the epidemic. The highest incidence of COVID-19 among the nine states in the Northeast was recorded in Sergipe, Paraíba and Ceará. Piauí, Paraíba and Ceará were the states that most tested. Factors associated with transmission included the high proportion of people in informal work. States with international airports played an important role in the entry of the virus and the initial spread, especially Ceará. All states applied social distancing measures, banned public events and closed schools. The response was a significant increase in social distancing, especially in Ceará and Pernambuco, a decline in the reproduction rate (Rt), and a separation of the curve of observed cases versus expected cases if the non-pharmacological interventions had not been implemented in all states. Poverty, inequality, and the high rates of informal work provide clues to the intensity of COVID-19 in the region. On the other hand, the measures taken early by the governments mitigated the effects of the pandemic.

All the data that show and qualify the Brazilian health response during the COVID 19 pandemic At 07/22/22, among the 40 largest economies in the world, BRAZIL is still the DEADLIEST country in COVID-19! We have the highest tx of mortality, even though it is 23o in % of elderly people, 26o in average temperature in winter and 10o in accessibility/permeability of medical care (free unified health system (SUS) is present at 99% municipalities).

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Content

From Novel Corona Virus 2019 Dataset:

2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) is a virus (more specifically, a coronavirus) identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China. Early on, many of the patients in the outbreak in Wuhan, China reportedly had some link to a large seafood and animal market, suggesting animal-to-person spread. However, a growing number of patients reportedly have not had exposure to animal markets, indicating person-to-person spread is occurring. At this time, it’s unclear how easily or sustainably this virus is spreading between people - CDC

This dataset has information on the number of cases in Brazil. Please note that this is a time series data and so the number of cases on any given day is a cumulative number.

The data is available from Jan/30/2020, when the first suspect case appeared in Brazil.

Acknowledgements

1. Avisos/Advertising - Please, before start working with this data, take a break to read this discussion.
2. Plataforma COVID Brazil - Public platform to share informations about the COVID-19 cases in Brazil.

Country level datasets

If you are interested in know about another country, please follow these Kaggle datasets:

• Novel Corona Virus 2019 Dataset - https://www.kaggle.com/sudalairajkumar/novel-corona-virus-2019-dataset
• India - https://www.kaggle.com/sudalairajkumar/covid19-in-india
• South Korea - https://www.kaggle.com/kimjihoo/coronavirusdataset
• Italy - https://www.kaggle.com/sudalairajkumar/covid19-in-italy
• USA - https://www.kaggle.com/sudalairajkumar/covid19-in-usa
• Switzerland - https://www.kaggle.com/daenuprobst/covid19-cases-switzerland
• Indonesia - https://www.kaggle.com/ardisragen/indonesia-coronavirus-cases
• Turkey - https://www.kaggle.com/gkhan496/covid19-in-turkey
• France - https://www.kaggle.com/lperez/coronavirus-france-dataset
• Tunisia - https://www.kaggle.com/ghassen1302/coronavirus-tunisia
• Japan - https://www.kaggle.com/tsubasatwi/close-contact-status-of-corona-in-japan

Inspiration

1. Changes in number of cases over time
2. Change in cases over time at state level

As of May 2, 2023, Brazil was the country with the highest number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Latin America and the fifth highest in the world, reaching over 37 million patients. By state, São Paulo ranked first, with more than 6.6 million confirmed cases of the disease as of September 21, 2023. Minas Gerais followed, with over 4.2 million confirmed cases of coronavirus. For further information about the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, please visit our dedicated Facts and Figures page.