Epidemiología del COVID-19 en Venezuela, a seis meses de la denuncia de los primeros casos en China

Abstract

Since December 2019 the world has known about a viral pneumonia in a populous city in China, and by the first month of 2020 the outbreak of COVID-19 had been recognized, a viral disease produced by a coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, a month later it was declared a global pandemic. On March 13, 2020, the presence of COVID-19 was officially declared in Venezuela. This investigation includes the analysis of the main epidemiological characteristics of this disease in Venezuela, breaking down the information from the variables of time, space, and person. It concludes the study with comments on how an epidemiological outbreak control program should work.

COVID-19: Hematological and laboratory findings in patients from a private hospital in Caracas, Venezuela.Correlation with mortality

“…Venezuela in particular presents a peculiar situation that contrasts in several aspects with both the world and the Latin American situation. The first case was officially reported on March 13, 2020, but it was not until May when the number of cases began to increase without reaching the high figures of other neighboring South American countries (2,3). According to official public reports, by February 2, 2021, Venezuela had 127 752 cases of covid-19 with 1 202 deaths been, estimated mortality of 0.94 % (4).…”