COVID-19 in Brazil: 150,000 deaths and the Brazilian underreporting.
subject: covid-19, Diagnosis, Brazil, Pandemic, sars-cov-2 virus
description: Brazil is one of the epicenters of the COVID-19 pandemic and has reported 5,113,628 cases and 150,998 deaths by the disease. Comparing the deaths by natural causes expected and the excess mortality rate, there is a 22% increase in deaths mainly of male patients and individuals over 60 years old.
creator: Tatiana Aline Carvalho, Matheus Negri Boschiero, Fernando Augusto Lima Marson
source: Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease
date: 2021