COVID-19 Epidemic in Havana

Authors

  • Dayana Rodríguez Velázquez Instituto de Medicina Tropical "Pedro Kourí"
  • Dennis Pérez Chacón Instituto de Medicina Tropical "Pedro Kourí"
  • Angel Miguel Germán Almeida Instituto de Medicina Tropical "Pedro Kourí"

Keywords:

COVID-19, geospatial analysis, territorial structure, Havana.

Abstract

Introduction: At the end of December 2019, patients with an acute respiratory infection, of unknown origin, began to be reported in the Asian region of Wuhan. Cuba was not exempt from this situation. The first cases of COVID-19 were diagnosed in the country on March 11, 2020. Since then, cases of the disease were reported in much of the country, with Havana being one of the hardest hit provinces. 

Objective: To analyze the geospatial distribution of COVID-19 in Havana. 

Method: A descriptive study was conducted in the province of Havana in the period March-July 2020. 

Results: With the appearance of the first cases, a homogeneous behavior was observed in all the municipalities of the capital, with a greater concentration in the central area, and it followed a radial distribution pattern, responding to two variables that play a fundamental role in the current context: population density and land use. 

Conclusions: The vulnerability to contagion in a territory is given by a group of variables and their interrelation, which make a territory favorable for the spread and contagion.

 

 

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Published

2023-10-09

How to Cite

1.
Rodríguez Velázquez D, Pérez Chacón D, Germán Almeida AM. COVID-19 Epidemic in Havana. Rev Cubana Salud Pública [Internet]. 2023 Oct. 9 [cited 2025 Jan. 15];49(2). Available from: https://revsaludpublica.sld.cu/index.php/spu/article/view/3876

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