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Introduction: Arboviruses are viruses spread by arthropods, usually hematophagous insects and ticks. They cause arboviruses and are spread mainly by vector transmission through the bite of the Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes. The most frequent arboviruses are those caused by the dengue virus (DENV), Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) and Zika virus (ZIKV). Objective: To carry out an epidemiological survey of arboviruses in the state of Goiás using the FLINK platform. Methodology: Cross-sectional analytical observational study. From August 2018 to July 2023, confirmed cases of dengue, Zika and Chikungunya, deaths from dengue and confirmed cases of Zika in pregnant women were analyzed, available on the FLINK platform. To calculate the incidence, population data was collected from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. Data in the public domain, thus exempted from evaluation by the Research Ethics Committee. Results: Of the 488,119 dengue cases analyzed in the state of Goiás, between August 2021 and July 2022, this was the period with the highest number, 198,825 cases, which represented (40.73%) and the highest lethality due to dengue with 191 deaths from the disease (46.92%). There were 197 cases of Zika, 17 cases of Zika in pregnant women and 6,407 cases of Chikungunya in the period evaluated. The interval that concentrated almost all cases of Chikungunya occurred between January 2021 and July 2023, with 6,399 records (99.87%). Conclusion: Dengue was the most frequent arbovirus in Goiás. Arboviruses showed a reduction in cases in the period from 2020 to 2021 and in 2022 recorded the highest incidence and lethality for dengue.