Investigating the Epidemiological Trend of COVID-19 Disease in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad Province, Iran

The Covid-19 pandemic has presented the world with a wide array of economic, social, political, and health problems. Therefore, providing people with correct and timely information can significantly help disease management and reduce death cases. The present study aimed to assess the epidemiology of Covid-19 in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province. 

The current study descriptive study of the epidemic trend was carried out in 2022. The data was collected by reviewing the valid information collected in the academic headquarters of the control of Kogilouye and Boyer Ahmad province, Iran, and the systems related to this disease in the period of 33 months after the first confirmed case of the disease was identified in the province. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics including mean and frequency percentage.

With the removal of travel restrictions, there was an increase in disease cases in the province. The incidence rate and percentage of positive Covid-19 cases in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province were much higher than the national average. The highest percentage of positive rate in the samples was associated to the month of November 2019 with 56.59% nonetheless the percentage of case fatality rate caused by the disease in the province is lower than the national average (.86 against 1.91 percent). The percentage of Covid-19 related deaths in the province was lower than the national average. At the same time, with an increase in vaccination coverage and the percentage of infection in the province, a decrease in cases of infection, hospitalization, and Covid-19-related death were observed. The comparison of the first and last peaks of the disease in the province demonstrates the marked effect of vaccination.

Encouraging and persuading the community about the importance of vaccination, especially the third round and also the injection of the fourth dose of the Covid-19 vaccination, with the priority of health system personnel and people with underlying diseases, using the capacity of other institutions and organizations, especially the radio and television of the provincial capital is the safest and most optimal means of protection against infection, hospitalization and death caused by Covid-19.