Monitoring COVID-19 in Brazil: an application of growth functions to assess the performance of States

A proposal for monitoring and evaluating the performance of Brazilian states against COVID-19 is presented, employing a set non-linear growth functions. This necessary given its unprecedented nature in face public policies known to society 21st century. The daily data on accumulated cases 27 were collected Ministry Health Brazil’s website. As 17-May-2020, logistic, Gompertz, exponential functions, respectively order, are those that best explain evolution states. Moreover, it was identified, through quadrants system, States being more/less efficient short/long term. Thus, expected this evaluation framework will allow policy-makers have better view actions confronting over time.