Keywords
Transmission
Coronavirus
Public health surveillance
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Abstract
Objective: To discuss sociodemographic, environmental, and epidemiological factors related to the distribution of COVID-19 in the Amazon region, comparison the States of Pará and Amazonas. Methods: A descriptive study was carried out on the evolution of forms of transmission in the first epidemiological weeks of notification of cases. Maps of case distribution and trend analysis (by the curve fitting method) were generated from the registered notifications. Control measures were also put in place to manage or spread the pandemic status at the social and economic level. Results: Amazonas presents an alarm area in the North Region due to its high incidence. Pará shows the smallest number of cases that can be related to measures of containment and management plan in a timely manner. There is a tendency to increase the number of notifications in two epidemiological weeks to around 9000 cases in Pará and 15000 cases in Amazonas. Conclusion: Social factors such as income may have contributed to increase the number of cases in both states, following the pattern seen in Brazil.