SYNTHESIS INE@COVID-19, 2 mar-2021

March . 02 . 2021 SYNTH SIS IN @ COVID-19 www.ine.pt page 18/23 Communication Unit | tel: +351 21 842 61 10 | sci@ine.pt Ratio between deaths in the last four weeks (ended in 31 January 2021) and the average of deaths in the same period from 2015 to 2019, Portugal, NUTS 3 and municipality • On 2 February 2021, the date of the last update of data at municipality level, the national 14-day cumulative incidence rate of COVID-19 (1,548) was surpassed by ÁreaMetropolitana de Lisboa (2,164) and Centro (1,559) - new cases registered in these two regions represented almost 2/3 (61%) of the total. Compared to 26 January, there was an increase in the 14-day cumulative incidence rate only in AML and in Região Autónoma da Madeira; 14-day cumulative incidence rate of SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19, Sundays - 12 April to 25 October; 10, 19 and 25 November, 2, 8, 17, 20 and 27 December, 5, 12, 18 and 26 January and 2 February, Portugal and NUTS 2 Note: The absence of values at the regional level on 1 and 8 November is due to the interruption in the dissemination of data at the municipality level in the COVID-19 Status reports. The dates marked on the graph axis correspond to Sundays until 8 November and then to the reference days associated with the 14-day cumulative incidence indicator that is now being released weekly by the Directorate-General of Health (see technical note at the end of the press release).