covid-19 pandemic in são paulo (state) covid-19 pandemic in são paulo (state) this article refers to the events that occurred in the state of são paulo during the covid-19 pandemic in brazil in the first half of 2020. the city of são paulo 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). covid-19 pandemic in são paulomunicipalities in the state of são paulo with case numbers per 100,000 inhabitantsmunicipalities in the state of são paulo with absolute and confirmed case numbers (as of 15 june)diseasecovid-19virus strainsars-cov-2locationbrazilfirst outbreakwuhan, hubei, chinaindex casesão pauloarrival date26 february 2020(3 years, 2 months, 2 weeks and 3 days)confirmed cases310,517 (3 july 2020)deaths15,694government websitewww.seade.gov.br/coronavirus/ research and laboratory diagnosis field hospital from ibirapuera, in the capital city of são paulo. 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. statistics 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). covid-19 in são paulo new cases, each day. new deaths, each day. cumulative cases. cumulative deaths. 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: gravediggers wearing protection against contamination bury the body of a man suspected of having died of covid-19 in the cemetery of vila alpina, east side of são paulo, in april 2020. position municipality n.° cases n.° deaths 1 são paulo 98132 5959 2 santos 6553 243 3 são bernardo do campo 4902 309 4 guarulhos 4464 500 5 campinas 4302 185 6 osasco 4286 418 7 santo andré 4131 207 8 guarujá 2444 93 9 jundiaí 2221 127 10 diadema 2135 137 11 ribeirão preto 2058 82 12 praia grande 1952 71 13 são vicente 1785 110 14 mauá 1720 120 15 carapicuíba 1720 118 16 sorocaba 1700 84 17 são josé dos campos 1700 64 18 barueri 1694 179 19 mogi das cruzes 1497 128 20 taboão da serra 1461 108 21 são josé do rio preto 1352 46 22 piracicaba 1213 55 23 cubatão 1188 63 24 são caetano do sul 1150 60 25 suzano 1100 90 26 itaquaquecetuba 945 110 27 embu das artes 910 73 28 cotia 904 67 29 itapevi 826 107 30 santana de parnaíba 783 26 31 itapecerica da serra 755 58 32 francisco morato 727 36 33 ferraz de vasconcelos 631 58 34 franco da rocha 609 55 35 araraquara 575 7