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This study showed a spatial association between COVID-19 and poor living conditions in a population in Northeast Brazil. The case fatality rate was 1.42 times higher in the municipalities with very high social deprivation. Priority municipalities have been identified for intervention by the public authorities.
Keywords: SARS- CoV-2, Coronavirus Disease, Social Vulnerability, Ecological Study, Social Determinants, Social Conditions, Social Inequity
