Indicators of severity, movement and magniyude in the COVID-19. Havana,2020

Álvarez Pérez A.; Corral Martín A.; Pría Barros M.C.; Álvarez Lauzarique M.E.; Castañeda Abascal I.; Quelle Santana L. · Revista Infodir (2025)

Resumen

Introduction: The rapid expansión of COVID-19 caused the World Health Organization, on january 30, 2020, to declare it a health emergency of international concern. In Havana, the first patient was reported on March 16. Gradually, they continued diagnosing patient, until the province became one of the main spaces where the disease spaces where the disease spread. Methods: A longitudinal descriptive stady was carried out whith the purpose of describing the main characteristics and control of the epidemic in Havana. The stady period covered from march 11 to december 31,2020. The universe was made up of the 2 135 151 inhabitants resideing in the province during the year 2020 and the data related to the 4 913 people diagnosed in that period were taken. The incidence, mortality and lethality of the disease were described; the Grimson technique was used to detect spatial aggregation of the disease. Result: Autochthonous cases predominated, without comorbidities and who managed to overcome the disease. Conclusions: The number of diagnosed cases was greater during the second period, the disease was distinguished by the dispersión of cases in the province and during the first epidemic period the measures applied were considered pertinent to achieve temporaly control of the epidemic.