Impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 on the diagnoses of Hansen's disease in Brazil.

Introduction: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has limited the access of patients with Hansen's disease (HD) to care due to changes in routine health services.

Methods: To ascertain this, we compared the number of HD cases diagnosed before and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Results: The decrease in HD cases in Brazil reached 18,223 (-48.