Figure 1. Hospitalizations and expenditures for treatment of coronavirus infectiona and for treatment of acute upper and lower tract infections, pneumonia or influenzab by region, Brazil, February – December 2020.

^a Procedure with code 03.03.01.022-3 (treatment of coronavirus infection) – which corresponds to the actions necessary to clinically treat hospitalized patients diagnosed with COVID-19.

^b Procedures with codes 03.03.14.015-1 – treatment of pneumonia or influenza (flu), 03.03.14.010-0 – treatment of acute upper tract infections, and 03.03.14.014-3 – treatment of other acute lower tract infections.

ARI: acute respiratory infections.