Relações Entre Rede Urbana E Covid-19 Em Minas Gerais

The year 2020 marked the first pandemic of the 21st century caused by COVID-19, a disease transmitted by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Having emerged in the chinese city of Wuhan, the virus spread rapidly to other parts of the world, arriving in Brazil in late February. Since then, the brazilian population has been amazed at the spatial spread of the virus in the national territory. It entered the country through São Paulo, the largest and most important urban center in Brazil, and today it is present in all states. In this text we will deal specifically with the state of Minas Gerais, with the aim of analyzing the relationship between the spatial dynamics of COVID-19 and the configuration of the urban network of the Minas Gerais state. For that, we take as a base the data made available by IBGE, as well as by the Minas Gerais State Department of Health (SES-MG). The results allow a series of reflections on the spatial dynamics of the disease, particularly on its diffusion process, as well as its strong relationship with interactions and spatial concentrations of people.