COVID-19 pandemic in São Paulo (state)

This article refers to the events that occurred in the state of São Paulo during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil in the first half of 2020. The city of São Paulo registered the first case of the pandemic in Brazil, a 61-year-old man who had returned from Italy and tested positive for the coronavirus of severe acute respiratory syndrome 2 (SARS-CoV-2).[1]

COVID-19 pandemic in São Paulo
Municipalities in the state of São Paulo with case numbers per 100,000 inhabitants
Municipalities in the state of São Paulo with absolute and confirmed case numbers (as of 15 June)
DiseaseCOVID-19
Virus strainSARS-CoV-2
LocationBrazil
First outbreakWuhan, Hubei, China
Index caseSão Paulo
Arrival date26 February 2020[1]
(2 years, 8 months and 6 days)
Confirmed cases310,517 (3 July 2020)[2]
Deaths
15,694[2]
Government website
www.seade.gov.br/coronavirus/

Research and laboratory diagnosis
Field hospital from Ibirapuera, in the capital city of São Paulo.

In the city of São Paulo, field hospitals for the exclusive care of people with COVID-19 were built by the municipal and state governments. Hospitals were established at Pacaembu Stadium,[3][4] at the Ibirapuera Gymnasium athletics track[5] and the Anhembi Convention Center.[6]

Statistics

Evolution of the number of cases and deaths

The graphs below show the growth of cases and deaths in the state. On new case and death charts, the bars represent the actual number of notifications per day, while the line is a seven-day moving average to help smooth out anomalies between days and reveal the overall trend. The data are from the Ministry of Health (MH).

COVID-19 in São Paulo
  • New cases, each day.
  • New deaths, each day.
  • Cumulative cases.
  • Cumulative deaths.

By municipality: This is the list of municipalities with the most confirmed cases, out of a total of 584 municipalities with at least one case, by June 17, 2020:[2]

Gravediggers wearing protection against contamination bury the body of a man suspected of having died of COVID-19 in the cemetery of Vila Alpina, east side of São Paulo, in April 2020.
Position Municipality N.° cases N.° deaths
1 São Paulo 98132 5959
2 Santos 6553 243
3 São Bernardo do Campo 4902 309
4 Guarulhos 4464 500
5 Campinas 4302 185
6 Osasco 4286 418
7 Santo André 4131 207
8 Guarujá 2444 93
9 Jundiaí 2221 127
10 Diadema 2135 137
11 Ribeirão Preto 2058 82
12 Praia Grande 1952 71
13 São Vicente 1785 110
14 Mauá 1720 120
15 Carapicuíba 1720 118
16 Sorocaba 1700 84
17 São José dos Campos 1700 64
18 Barueri 1694 179
19 Mogi das Cruzes 1497 128
20 Taboão da Serra 1461 108
21 São José do Rio Preto 1352 46
22 Piracicaba 1213 55
23 Cubatão 1188 63
24 São Caetano do Sul 1150 60
25 Suzano 1100 90
26 Itaquaquecetuba 945 110
27 Embu das Artes 910 73
28 Cotia 904 67
29 Itapevi 826 107
30 Santana de Parnaíba 783 26
31 Itapecerica da Serra 755 58
32 Francisco Morato 727 36
33 Ferraz de Vasconcelos 631 58
34 Franco da Rocha 609 55
35 Araraquara 575 7

See also

References
  1. "Ministério da Saúde confirma primeiro caso de coronavírus no Brasil" [Ministry of Health confirms first case of coronavirus in Brazil]. Globo (in Portuguese). 26 February 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  2. "Coronavírus - Dados Completos".
  3. "Primeiros pacientes com Covid-19 começam a chegar ao hospital de Campanha no Pacaembu, em SP" [First patients with Covid-19 begin to arrive at the field hospital in Pacaembu, SP] (in Brazilian Portuguese).
  4. "Hospital de campanha no Pacaembu em SP começa a receber pacientes hoje" [Field hospital in Pacaembu in SP starts receiving patients today] (in Brazilian Portuguese).
  5. "SP terá hospital de campanha contra covid-19 no complexo do Ibirapuera" [SP will have a campaign hospital against covid-19 at the Ibirapuera complex] (in Brazilian Portuguese).
  6. Albuquerque, Flávia (9 September 2020). "Hospital Municipal de Campanha do Anhembi é desativado em São Paulo". Agencia Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 6 August 2021.
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