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. 2021 Mar 14;39(3-4):623–645. doi: 10.1007/s00354-021-00125-3

Table 5.

Under-reporting rates of cases of COVID-19 for the states of Brazil

State Cum. novelty (DT_SARI_c) Cum. cases (DT_SARI_c) Cases rate Disclosed cum. cases (DT_MH_c)
Acre 356 297 0.198 ± 0.027 12913
Alagoas 2856 1520 0.879 ± 0.006 33521
Amazonas 7453 5080 0.467 ± 0.016 69022
Amapá 488 337 0.450 ± 0.008 27901
Bahia 4416 2936 0.504 ± 0.018 65244
Ceará 13,028 7804 0.669 ± 0.008 106628
Distrito Federal 2569 2094 0.227 ± 0.016 42766
Espírito Santo 1039 924 0.124 ± 0.029 41652
Goiás 2298 1306 0.760 ± 0.048 21620
Maranhão 3144 1597 0.969 ± 0.007 78115
Minas Gerais 10,076 3584 1.811 ± 0.029 40966
Mato Grosso do Sul 852 530 7307
Mato Grosso 1945 884 1.200 ± 0.015 13805
Pará 10,924 7449 0.467 ± 0.004 99313
Paraíba 2213 1272 0.740 ± 0.009 44242
Pernambuco 8987 5418 0.659 ± 0.008 57089
Piauí 2558 1535 0.666 ± 0.013 18665
Paraná 4000 2238 0.787 ± 0.047 19819
Rio de Janeiro 18,786 11483 0.636 ± 0.006 108803
Rio Grande do Norte 1873 1361 0.376 ± 0.006 24253
Rondônia 631 523 0.207 ± 0.012 19273
Roraima 401 260 0.541 ± 0.008 13078
Rio Grande do Sul 4896 2515 0.947 ± 0.043 25000
Santa Catarina 1767 1101 0.605 ± 0.046 23808
Sergipe 810 558 0.451 ± 0.014 23319
São Paulo 57,546 37,025 0.554 ± 0.019 265581
Tocantins 630 389 0.619 ± 0.013 9966

The difference between computed novelty and reported values as SARS-CoV-2 was not statistically significant