COVID-19 Cases and Social Distancing Decrees in Florianópolis, Brazil

Florianópolis, Brazil, is the focus of this dataset analyzing 5,374 COVID-19 cases and 26 municipal government decrees from February 1 to July 14, 2020. The data was compiled by Leandro Pereira Garcia for a retrospective study on the alignment between transmission potential and policy decisions. It includes calculated time-dependent reproduction numbers (Rt) and a constructed Social Distancing Index.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the association between transmission potential (Rt) and government actions based on the described Social Distancing Index.
• Modeling policy decision-making timelines in response to epidemiological indicators using the decree dates and classifications.
• Evaluating the consonance or dissonance between public health measures and disease spread trends as described in the analysis.

Strengths

• Contains 5,374 confirmed COVID-19 cases for analysis.
• Includes 26 distinct municipal decrees with classifications (increase, maintain, or loosen restrictions).
• Analysis covers a defined 5.5-month period from February 1 to July 14, 2020.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• Data is specific to one city (Florianópolis), which may limit generalizability.

Provenance

Source

Leandro Pereira Garcia via paperswithcode.

Collection Method

Nowcasting analysis of new COVID-19 cases and review of decrees published in the Official Gazette of the Municipality.

Time Range

February 1, 2020 to July 14, 2020

Geography

Florianópolis, Brazil