Prevalence of Systemic Arterial Hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus in Individuals with COVID-19: A Retrospective Study of Deaths in Pernambuco, Brazil
Introduction
In December 2019, health authorities in Hubei province, in the People’s Republic of China, identified and reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) an outbreak of pneumonia with an unknown etiological agent. In early January, the SARS-CoV-2 virus (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2) was identified and the disease was called COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019).
On August 4, 2020, the disease has infected 18,316,072 people and caused the death of 694,715. The USA, Brazil and India occupy the first positions in number of infected people. In Brazil, the first case was confirmed on February 26th in the city of São Paulo. Between the first case and August 4, 2020, the country had 2,750,249 people infected and 94,665 deaths.
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