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march 3 2022 covid19 pandemic caused 399 million infections claimed lives five million people worldwide reduce infection rates series prevention measures indicated world health organization adopted countries including use masks study aims describe mask use brazil via data analysis epicovid19br populationbased study conducted 133 cities country four phases march august 2020 proportion individuals reported wearing mask left homes 979 95ci 978980 interviewer see interviewees mask 50 95ci 499511 cases time interview however phase one four survey observed 44 decrease proportion interviewees failed wear masks time interview mask nonvisualization prominent women participants aged 1019 2029 years indigenous black brown skin color elementary high school education centralwest region use cloth masks showed 914 predominance 95ci 91215 49 increase phases 1 4 results study bring important information reinforce covid19 control policies brazil high percentage people failed wear masks time interview suggests still important reinforce prevention selfcare rather relating mask wear mandatory measure