SYNTHESIS INE@COVID-19, 9 mar-2021

March . 09 . 2021 SYNTH SIS IN @ COVID-19 www.ine.pt page 12/18 Communication Unit | tel: +351 21 842 61 10 | sci@ine.pt • At the regional level, the large number of deaths in Área Metropolitana de Lisboa should be highlighted, which between the 18 th of January and the 14 th of February was 1.9 times higher than in the same period of the previous year; • However, compared to the previous week (7 th of February), there was a reduction in this ratio in all NUTS 2 regions of the country. In 52 municipalities the number of deaths was more than double the number of deaths recorded in the corresponding reference period (there were 69 municipalities in this situation in the previous week); 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 th of March 2020 and 14 th of February 2021 Ratio between deaths in the last four weeks (ended in the 14 th of February 2021) and the average of deaths in the same period from 2015 to 2019, Portugal, NUTS 3 and municipality