SYNTHESIS INE@COVID-19, 2 mar-2021

March . 02 . 2021 SYNTH SIS IN @ COVID-19 www.ine.pt page 17/23 Communication Unit | tel: +351 21 842 61 10 | sci@ine.pt COVID-19: a territorial view on demographic context and territorial expression of the pandemic • On 10 February, there were 29,511 new cases in the last 7 days, corresponding to a daily average of 4,216 new cases and the lowest number since 31 December 2020; • Since 28 January, there has been a progressive decrease in the number of new confirmed cases in the past 7 days; • The 14-day COVID-19 incidence rate was 903, corresponding to the number of new confirmed cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population in the past 14 days. This rate had reached a maximum on 29 January (1,667). Number of new confirmed cases (last 7 days) of infection by SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 and respective rate of change, Portugal, per day (10/3/2020 to 10/2/2021) Note: The number of new cases includes the +4,375 confirmed cases resulting from the historical update released by the Directorate-General of Health in the COVID-19 Status Report made available on 16 November (data on the situation up to 15 November) with impact on the new cases in the last 7 days for the period 15-21 November. The dates marked on the graph axis correspond to Sundays. • At territorial level, the high number of deaths in Área Metropolitana de Lisboa and Alentejo should be highlighted, which, between 4 and 31 January, was 1.8 times higher than in the corresponding reference period, the highest values of the weekly series; • In 59 municipalities the number of deaths was more than double that recorded in the corresponding reference period: two weeks earlier (21 December to 17 January), there were 17 municipalities. Ratio between deaths in the last four weeks and the average of deaths in the same period from 2015 to 2019, Portugal and NUTS 2, weeks 29 March 2020 and 31 January 2021