SYNTHESIS INE@COVID-19, 5 Feb-2021

February . 05 . 2021 SYNTH SIS IN @ COVID-19 www.ine.pt page 15/20 Communication Unit | tel: +351 21 842 61 10 | sci@ine.pt • In the week ending on January 27, 2021, there were 90,234 new cases in Portugal, the highest value since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal, with the exponential increase in the number of new cases in the last 7 days since 28 December 2020 continuing; • The incidence rate of COVID-19 at 14 days was 1 628, corresponding to the number of confirmed new cases of COVID-19 per 100 thousand inhabitants in the last 14 days; 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 27/1/2021) 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. • On January 18, 2021, the date of the last data update at municipality level, the national incidence rate of COVID-19 at 14 days (1,266) was surpassed by the Centro (1,438), Alentejo (1,365) and AML (1,390) regions; • With values above the regional average, the sub-regions of Viseu Dão Lafões (2,024), Beiras e Serra da Estrela (1,557) and Médio Tejo (1,557), in the Centro region, and the sub-regions of Alentejo Central (1,663), Alto Alentejo (1,548) and Baixo Alentejo (1,478), in the Alentejo region, stood out; 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 and 18 January, Portugal and NUTS 2 Note:Theabsenceofvaluesattheregional levelon1and8November isduetothe interruption inthedisseminationofdataatthemunicipality 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.