This contingent remained stable in relation to the previous week (2.8 million), but it decreased in relation to the first week of PNAD COVID19, May 3-9 (3.7 million).

In the week between June 7 and 13, the IBGE´s PNAD COVID19 estimated that 15.6 million persons (or 7.4% of the Brazilian population) showed at least one of the 12 symptoms associated to the flu syndrome (fever, cough, sore throat, difficulty to breathe, headache, chest pain, nausea, stuffy or runny nose, fatigue, eye pain, loss of smell or taste, and muscle pain) which are investigated by the survey. This contingent remained stable against the previous week (15.8 million or 7.5% of the population) and dropped in relation to May 3-9 (26.8 million or 12.7%).

Nearly 3.0 million persons (or 19.2% of those who showed any symptom) looked for a health establishment (health centers, family health teams, UPAs, SUS Medical Centers or Hospitals or private ambulatories/offices, medical centers or hospitals). This contingent remained stable in relation to the previous week (2.8 million or 17.5%), but it dropped against the week of May 3-9 (3.7 million or 13.7%). More than 85% of these attendances were in the public health network.

Nearly 900 thousand persons looked for a hospital, either public, private or military in the week of June 7-13. This contingent remained statistically stable in relation to the previous week (943 thousand) and also against the week of May 3-9 (1.1 million). Among those who looked for care, 110 thousand (12.2%) were hospitalized. In this case, it also remained stable against the previous week (121 thousand or 12.8%) and the week of May 3-9 (97 thousand or 9.1%).

PNAD COVID19 estimated at 83.5 million the employed population in Brazil in the week of June 7-13, stable in relation to the previous week (83.7 million persons) and in relation to the week of May 3-9 (83.9 million persons). Among them, 8.5 million (or 12.5% of those employed) worked remotely, a contingent that remained statistically stable in relation to the previous week (8.9 million or 13.2%) and also in relation to the week of May 3-9 (8.6 million or 13.4%).

The employment-population ratio was 49.0%, remaining stable against the previous week (49.3%) and in relation to the week of May 3-9 (49.4%). The proxy of the informality ratealso stood statistically stable at 35.0%, both in relation to the previous week (35.6%) and in relation to the week of May 3-9 (35.7%).

Nearly 12.4 million (14.8% of the employed population) were taken away from their jobs due to social distancing. This contingent reduced in relation to the previous week (13.5 million or 16.1% of the employed population) and also against the week of May 3-9 (16.6 million or 19.8% of those employed).

Percentage of employed persons taken away from their jobs due to social
distancing in relation to the total employed population in the reference week - Brazil (%)

Source: IBGE, PNAD Covid

The unemployed population reached 11.9 million persons and remained statistically stable against the previous week (11.2 million), though it increased in relation to the week of May 3-9 (9.8 million).

The population out of the workforce – that neither worked nor searched for work – was of 74.9 million persons, showing a statistical stability in relation to the previous week (75.0 million) and a drop in relation to the week of May 3-9 (76.2 million). In this population, nearly 26.7 million persons (or 35.7% of the population out of the workforce) said that they would like to work. This contingent remained stable in relation to the previous week (26.8 million or 35.8%) and against the week of May 3-9 (27.1 million or 35.5%).

Nearly 18.2 million persons out of the workforce, who would like to work and not searched for a job, did not that due either to the pandemic or for not finding a job in the locality where they lived. They corresponded to 68.0% of the unemployed persons who did not search for a job and would like to work. This contingent remained statistically stable in relation to the previous week (17.9 million or 66.8%) and retreated against the week of May 3-9 (19.1 million or 70.7%).