The city of São Paulo in São Paulo state registered the first case of the pandemic in Brazil, a 61-year-old man who had returned from Italy and tested positive for the coronavirus of severe acute respiratory syndrome 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
In the city of São Paulo, field hospitals for the exclusive care of people with COVID-19 were built by the municipal and state governments. Hospitals were established at Pacaembu Stadium, at the Ibirapuera Gymnasium athletics track and the Anhembi Convention Center.
Evolution of the number of cases and deaths The graphs below show the growth of cases and deaths in the state. On new case and death charts, the bars represent the actual number of notifications per day, while the line is a seven-day moving average to help smooth out anomalies between days and reveal the overall trend. The data are from the Ministry of Health (MH).
By municipality This is the list of municipalities with the most confirmed cases, out of a total of 584 municipalities with at least one case, by June 17, 2020:
+PositionMunicipalityN.° casesN.° deaths1São Paulo9813259592Santos65532433São Bernardo do Campo49023094Guarulhos44645005Campinas43021856Osasco42864187Santo André41312078Guarujá2444939Jundiaí222112710Diadema213513711Ribeirão Preto20588212Praia Grande19527113São Vicente178511014Mauá172012015Carapicuíba172011816Sorocaba17008417São José dos Campos17006418Barueri169417919Mogi das Cruzes149712820Taboão da Serra146110821São José do Rio Preto13524622Piracicaba12135523Cubatão11886324São Caetano do Sul11506025Suzano11009026Itaquaquecetuba94511027Embu das Artes9107328Cotia9046729Itapevi82610730Santana de Parnaíba7832631Itapecerica da Serra7555832Francisco Morato7273633Ferraz de Vasconcelos6315834Franco da Rocha6095535Araraquara5757
See also
COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 pandemic in South America COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil
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