| Id |
Subject |
Object |
Predicate |
Lexical cue |
| T1 |
0-113 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Evolution of indicators and service capacity at the beginning of the COVID-19 epidemic in Northeast Brazil, 2020. |
| T2 |
114-228 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Evolução de indicadores e capacidade de atendimento no início da epidemia de COVID-19 no Nordeste do Brasil, 2020. |
| T3 |
229-389 |
Sentence |
denotes |
OBJECTIVE: to describe the evolution of indicators and capacity for health care in the initial phase of the COVID-19 epidemic in the Northeast region of Brazil. |
| T4 |
390-537 |
Sentence |
denotes |
METHODS: this was a descriptive study based on COVID-19 case epidemiological bulletins released by the Ministry of Health up until April 1st, 2020. |
| T5 |
538-621 |
Sentence |
denotes |
The incidence rate, lethality and number of cumulative daily cases were calculated. |
| T6 |
622-630 |
Sentence |
denotes |
RESULTS: |
| T7 |
631-721 |
Sentence |
denotes |
1,005 confirmed cases of COVID-19 were identified, most of them in Ceará and Bahia states. |
| T8 |
722-792 |
Sentence |
denotes |
The incidence rate was 1.8/100,000 inhabitants and lethality was 2.7%. |
| T9 |
793-886 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Ceará was the state with the highest number of cases, with 29.6 new cases per day on average. |
| T10 |
887-1023 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Average intensive care bed availability in the Northeast region (1.04/10,000 inhab.) was below the national average (2.8/10,000 inhab.). |
| T11 |
1024-1166 |
Sentence |
denotes |
CONCLUSION: the indicators suggest that COVID-19 impact is heterogeneous and signal the challenges for health systems in the Northeast Region. |
