id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-278558-znqscgxb Carvalho, Tatiana Aline COVID-19 in Brazil: 150,000 deaths and the Brazilian underreporting 2020-10-21 .txt text/plain 1414 78 54 Comparing the deaths by natural causes expected and the excess mortality rate, there is a 22% increase in deaths mainly of male patients and individuals over 60 years old. As discussed in the Lancet editorial, in Brazil, the authors concluded: "The challenge is ultimately political, requiring continuous engagement by Brazilian society as a whole to secure the right to health for all Brazilian people." [10] At the same time, it is necessary to have transparency and clarity in the data about COVID-19, which includes the real rate of deaths and cases associated with the disease. (iii) Maybe, our data represents the Brazilian underreporting for severe patients affected by COVID-19 due to limitations to perform the SARS-CoV-2 screen by RT-PCR. c , The first line for each region represents the excess mortality rate (number of deaths) by natural causes and the percentage at each group according to sex and age. ./cache/cord-278558-znqscgxb.txt ./txt/cord-278558-znqscgxb.txt