Table 6.
Underreported deaths due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
| City | Population, N (PNADa) | Extrapolated number of predicted deaths | Official number of deathsb |
Total number of estimated deaths | Number of deaths per 1 million inhabitants | Underreported deaths (%) |
| Belém | 1,492,745 | 481 | 952 | 1433 | 959.98 | 33.57 |
| Fortaleza | 2,669,342 | 526 | 1503 | 2029 | 760.11 | 25.92 |
| Manaus | 2,182,763 | 1842 | 1094 | 2936 | 1345.08 | 62.74 |
| Recife | 1,645,727 | 739 | 747 | 1486 | 902.94 | 49.73 |
| Rio de Janeiro | 6,718,903 | 1387 | 2376 | 3763 | 560.06 | 36.86 |
| São Paulo | 12,252,023 | 1765 | 3238 | 5003 | 408.34 | 35.28 |
aPNAD: Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicílios (National Household Sample Survey).
bAs of May 21, 2020,