BARBOSA, E. P.; BARBOSA, Edilene Pereira.
Abstract:
On December 1, 2019, China informed the World Health Organization (WHO) that it had detected in the
city of Wuhan, Hubei Province, a pneumonia of unknown etiology, from which it was understood that
this outbreak would have originated in the Wuhan market. In Brazil, the first confirmed case was on
February 26th, in São Paulo, soon after the confirmation of this case, others started to appear and in
different states, thus expanding throughout the country, in the state of Paraíba it was confirmed on March
22nd. This research aims to analyze the spatial diffusion of Covid-19 in the state of Paraíba and the
profile of patients who died between March 2020 and June 2021. The following procedures were carried
out: a) Survey of references; b) Reading and training related to methodological procedures; c) Survey of
statistical data; d) Survey of spatialized data; e) Spatialization of results. As main results, it was noticed
that the regional factor, the state of Paraíba contributes to a greater spread of the virus, the location of
municipalities with fewer cases acted as protection barriers while the 1st macro health region acted as a
key diffusion point, respectively. the health macro that has more cases has more hospitals available for
treatment, in 2020 the occupation of beds in the ICU was greater than in 2021. The main comorbidities
that affected the population that died in the state were Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension, Heart disease. In
the state of Paraíba, more men aged 60+ died with the main comorbidities mentioned above.
