“…Infections varied considerably depending on the socioeconomic profiles of each municipality and depending on different periods. Several recent regional studies seek to elucidate epidemiological characteristics and patterns of the pandemic (Bezerra et al, 2020;De Magalhães et al, 2020;De Souza et al, 2020;Silva et al, 2020), educational and social impacts (Barbosa et al, 2022;de Souza Braz et al, 2022; dos Santos and de Lima Vieira, 2021) evaluating control measures (Aquino et al, 2020;Marinelli et al, 2020;Souza et al, 2020;Nepomuceno et al, 2022a, b) and hospital efficiency in bed allocation (Nepomuceno et al, 2020a, b). However, to the best of our knowledge, the efficiency analysis of municipal public administrations to support investigations on non-pharmacological best practices in response to the pandemic is a relevant gap in the scientific and technical literature to be addressed.…”