Spatial analysis of COVID-19 incidence and the sociodemographic context in Brazil.
Carlos Eduardo RaymundoMarcella Cini OliveiraTatiana de Araujo EleuterioSuzana Rosa AndréMarcele Gonçalves da SilvaEny Regina da Silva QueirozRoberto de Andrade MedronhoPublished in: PloS one (2021)
Social inequality increased the risk of COVID-19 in the municipalities. Better social development of the municipalities was associated with lower risk of the disease. Greater access to health services improved the diagnosis and notification of the disease and was associated with more cases in the municipalities. Despite universal susceptibility to COVID-19, populations with increased social vulnerability were more exposed to risk of the illness.