COVID-19 pandemic in São Paulo (state) explained

COVID-19 pandemic in São Paulo
Map1:	Mapa de casos de COVID-19 por 100 mil habitantes em São Paulo.svg
Legend1:	Municipalities in the state of São Paulo with case numbers per 100,000 inhabitants
Map2:	Mapa de casos de COVID-19 em São Paulo.svg
Legend2:	Municipalities in the state of São Paulo with absolute and confirmed case numbers (as of 15 June)-->
Disease:	COVID-19
Virus Strain:	SARS-CoV-2
Location:	Brazil
First Case:	São Paulo
Arrival Date:	26 February 2020
Origin:	Wuhan, Hubei, China
Confirmed Cases:	310,517 (3 July 2020)^[1]
Deaths:	15,694

The city of São Paulo in São Paulo state registered the first case of the pandemic in Brazil, a 61-year-old man who had returned from Italy and tested positive for the coronavirus of severe acute respiratory syndrome 2 (SARS-CoV-2).^[2]

In the city of São Paulo, field hospitals for the exclusive care of people with COVID-19 were built by the municipal and state governments. Hospitals were established at Pacaembu Stadium,^{[3] [4]} at the Ibirapuera Gymnasium athletics track^[5] and the Anhembi Convention Center.^[6]

Evolution of the number of cases and deaths

The graphs below show the growth of cases and deaths in the state. On new case and death charts, the bars represent the actual number of notifications per day, while the line is a seven-day moving average to help smooth out anomalies between days and reveal the overall trend. The data are from the Ministry of Health (MH).

By municipality

This is the list of municipalities with the most confirmed cases, out of a total of 584 municipalities with at least one case, by June 17, 2020:

!Position!Municipality!N.° cases!N.° deaths

1	São Paulo	98132	5959
2	Santos	6553	243
3	São Bernardo do Campo	4902	309
4	Guarulhos	4464	500
5	Campinas	4302	185
6	Osasco	4286	418
7	Santo André	4131	207
8	Guarujá	2444	93
9	Jundiaí	2221	127
10	Diadema	2135	137
11	Ribeirão Preto	2058	82
12	Praia Grande	1952	71
13	São Vicente	1785	110
14	Mauá	1720	120
15	Carapicuíba	1720	118
16	Sorocaba	1700	84
17	São José dos Campos	1700	64
18	Barueri	1694	179
19	Mogi das Cruzes	1497	128
20	Taboão da Serra	1461	108
21	São José do Rio Preto	1352	46
22	Piracicaba	1213	55
23	Cubatão	1188	63
24	São Caetano do Sul	1150	60
25	Suzano	1100	90
26	Itaquaquecetuba	945	110
27	Embu das Artes	910	73
28	Cotia	904	67
29	Itapevi	826	107
30	Santana de Parnaíba	783	26
31	Itapecerica da Serra	755	58
32	Francisco Morato	727	36
33	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	631	58
34	Franco da Rocha	609	55
35	Araraquara	575	7

See also

• COVID-19 pandemic
• COVID-19 pandemic in South America
• COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil

External links

• Web site: Portal da Secretaria de Saúde do Estado de São Paulo. Portal of the Secretariat of Health of the State of São Paulo. pt.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Coronavírus - Dados Completos.
2. Web site: Ministério da Saúde confirma primeiro caso de coronavírus no Brasil. Ministry of Health confirms first case of coronavirus in Brazil. pt. February 26, 2020. 3 April 2020. Globo.
3. Web site: Primeiros pacientes com Covid-19 começam a chegar ao hospital de Campanha no Pacaembu, em SP. 6 April 2020 . First patients with Covid-19 begin to arrive at the field hospital in Pacaembu, SP. pt-br.
4. Web site: Hospital de campanha no Pacaembu em SP começa a receber pacientes hoje. Field hospital in Pacaembu in SP starts receiving patients today. pt-br.
5. Web site: SP terá hospital de campanha contra covid-19 no complexo do Ibirapuera. SP will have a campaign hospital against covid-19 at the Ibirapuera complex. pt-br.
6. News: Albuquerque . Flávia . 9 September 2020 . Hospital Municipal de Campanha do Anhembi é desativado em São Paulo . Agencia Brasil . 6 August 2021 . pt-br.