COVID-19 pandemic in Amazonas (Brazilian state)
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| COVID-19 pandemic in Amazonas | |
|---|---|
 Municipalities in the state of Amazonas with case numbers per 100,000 inhabitants | |
 Municipalities in the state of Amazonas per notification | |
| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | Amazonas, Brazil |
| First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
| Index case | Manaus |
| Arrival date | 13 March 2020[1] (5 years, 4 months, 1 week and 6 days) |
| Confirmed cases | 232,434[2] |
Deaths | 6,308[2] |
The COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil affected the state of Amazonas. The first case was from a 39-year-old woman who had returned from England.[1]
Collapse in Manaus
On March 13, 2020, the first exact case confirmed in the state, in the capital Manaus. This was a 39-year-old woman who had returned from London, England.[1] On March 24, the first death caused by the new coronavirus confirmed in Parintins. It was a 49-year-old man with systemic arterial hypertension.[3] On March 30, the second death confirmed in the state, the first in the capital, Manaus. It was the musician Robson de Souza Lopes, the "Binho". He was 43 years old and had been hospitalized since March 20. He was an asthma carrier.[4] On March 21, the governor of Amazonas, Wilson Lima, ordered the closure of bars and restaurants throughout the state to contain the spread of the new coronavirus.[5] On March 24, Governor Wilson Lima authorized research into the use of chloroquine to fight the new coronavirus in patients in the state.[6]
On April 20, Manaus began to open mass graves in the city's largest cemetery and the images began to resonate throughout Brazil.[8]
On April 24, 2020, Manaus began to record hospital and funeral collapse. In the capital of Amazonas, the intensive care unit (ICU) beds were at maximum capacity, as in Hospital 28 de Agosto, which also had to pile up the corpses. The necroteries of Manaus no longer supported the increased demand and cooling containers were installed outside the hospitals.[9][10][11]