“…Here, we report the behavior of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in 10 497 kidney transplant recipients, followed-up in our transplant center, compared with the city of Ipaussu in the state of São Paulo with 14 506 inhabitants. This municipality was selected as a comparator group based on equivalent surveillance, diagnostic and monitoring strategies, accurate electronic database, 3 similar sample size, and high vaccination coverage. We compared the number of COVID-19 diagnoses and deaths among kidney transplant recipients versus the general population of Ipaussu, before (era 1: March 20, 2020–December 16, 2021) and after (era 2: December 17, 2021–March 25, 2022) the predominance of the Omicron variant in Brazil.…”