Trends in COVID-19 case-fatality rates in Brazilian public hospitals: A longitudinal cohort of 398,063 hospital admissions from 1st March to 3rd October 2020.
Ivan Ricardo ZimmermannMauro Niskier SanchezGustavo Saraiva FrioLayana Costa AlvesClaudia Cristina de Aguiar PereiraRodrigo Tobias de Sousa LimaCarla MachadoLeonor Maria Pacheco SantosEverton Nunes da SilvaPublished in: PloS one (2021)
The overall hospital CFR of COVID-19 has decreased in Brazilian public hospitals during the first wave of the pandemic in 2020. Nevertheless, during the entire period, the CFR was still very high, suggesting the need for improving COVID-19 hospital care in Brazil.