Changes in incidence and mortality trend due to COVID-19 in southern Iran, from 2020 to 2021: based on Cochran-Armitage trend test.

Behzad RezaeiAlireza ShahediZahra KeshtkaranAhmadreza EidiHamed DelamKhalil SafariRafat ShadmehrMeghdad Abdollahpour-Alitappeh

Published in: Zeitschrift fur Gesundheitswissenschaften = Journal of public health (2023)

In general, the incidence rate of COVID-19 has varied sinusoidally from 2020 to mid-2021. Although the incidence of the disease increased, the number of deaths has fallen. It seems that the increase in the number of diagnostic tests and the implementation of the national COVID-19 immunization program have been effective in changing the trend of the disease.

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