Incidência de covid-19 em profissionais da saúde com evolução para Síndrome Respiratória Aguda Grave no Brasil em 2021

The present study aimed to describe the epidemiological profile of healthcare professionals infected by SARS-Cov-2 in 2021 in Brazil and who progressed to severe acute respiratory syndrome, using as its methodology the extraction of sociodemographic data, federative unit, and evolution of the cases, through the Information Technology Department of the Unified Health System on the internet, and through statistical tests, the following findings were found: maximum age recorded was 97 years and the minimum was 20, with a median evolution of 44 years to cure and 61 for deaths, females were more affected, reaching an average of 48 years, while in men the average was 53 years. In the evolution of cure or death, the results show that women had more deaths, but in men the disease was more lethal. The professionals most affected were nursing technicians, followed by doctors. Black and brown people respectively were the ones who died the most. The states of São Paulo and Minas Gerais were the most affected and Rio de Janeiro was the only one to show a difference in the expected association between the number of cures and deaths. It is concluded, therefore, that covid-19 reached Brazil with high numbers in larger and more populous states, numbers that are reflected in the number of health workers affected by SARS-Cov-2 and evolved into severe acute respiratory syndrome this year.