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A database containing information from Brazil on the COVID-19 epidemiological condition. It provides information on the number of cases, deaths, and recoveries for each Brazilian region, municipality, and state.

Usage

covidBR

Format

A data table with 17 variables and multiple rows:

regiao

Regions of Brazil

estado

Federative units (UF) of Brazil

municipio

Municipalities of Brazil

coduf

UF code

codmun

Brazilian municipality code

cod_regiao_saude

Health region code

nome_regiao_saude

Health region name

data

Notification date in year-month-day format (yyyy-mm-dd)

semana_epi

Epidemiological week

populacao_tcu2019

Population estimates sent to the TCU (2019)

casos_acumulado

Total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 that were registered by the Municipal and State Health Departments in the period considered

casos_novos

Number of new confirmed cases of COVID-19 that were registered by the Municipal and State Health Departments in relation to the previous day

obitos_acumulado

Total number of deaths from COVID-19 that were registered by the Municipal and State Health Departments in the period considered

obitos_novos

Number of new deaths confirmed from COVID-19 that were registered by the Municipal and State Health Departments in relation to the previous day

recuperadosnovos

Number of new COVID-19 recoveries that were registered by the Municipal and State Health Departments in relation to the previous day

em_acompanhamento_novos

Number of new COVID-19 hospitalizations that were registered by the Municipal and State Health Departments in relation to the previous day

interior_metropolitana

Label for inland or metropolitan region