• On 24 March 2021, there were 3,155 new cases in the last 7 days, corresponding to a daily average of 451 new cases and the lowest since 9 September 2020. Since 28 January, there has been a marked decrease in the number of new confirmed cases in the last 7 days. The 14-day incidence rate of COVID-19 was 64 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants. This rate had peaked on 29 January (1,667).
• At the regional level, it should be noted that the number of deaths in the Metropolitan Area of Lisboa, between 8 February and 7 March 2021, was 1.3 times higher than in the same period of the previous year. Compared to the previous week, however, there was a reduction in this ratio in all NUTS II regions. In 137 municipalities the number of deaths between 8 February and 7 March was equal to or lower than the corresponding reference period.
• On 16 March 2021, date of the last data update at the municipal level, the trend towards an increase in the territorial concentration of the number of new cases was accentuated. The value obtained for this date (28.2%) was close to the value of 19 November 2020 (28.7%). The reduction of the cumulative incidence rate at 14 days also continued, although dimmed compared to the previous week.
• As of 16 March 2021, 261 of the 308 municipalities registered values below the threshold of 120 new cases per 100 thousand inhabitants. Compared to the previous week (9 March), 62% of the municipalities recorded a reduction in the cumulative incidence rate. However, 71 municipalities recorded a positive 14-day cumulative incidence rate of change, 36 more municipalities than in the previous week.
• Within the framework of Statistics Portugal's Statslab, the data on population mobility at a regional level suggest an overall increase in the levels of mobility from the second week of February, which is accentuated from 15 March onwards following the lifting of the restrictive measures, highlighting, in particular, the increase in mobility recorded in all the NUTS 3 regions of the mainland on 15, 16 and 17 March, compared with the same period the previous week (8, 9 and 10 March) and in all the regions of the country on 18 and 19 March, compared with the same period the previous week (11 and 12 March).