SYNTHESIS INE@COVID-19, 14-apr-2020

www.ine.pt page 06/08 Communication Unit | tel: +351 21 842 61 00 | sci@ine.pt April . 14 . 2020 - 60 - 40 - 20 0 20 40 60 N.º 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 3 30 1 IN @ COVID-19 SYNTH SIS COVID-19: a statistical view integrating territory and demography Despite the progressive spread of the pandemic throughout the country, its impact has been particularly intense in relative terms (taking into account indicators of size and population density per km2) in municipalities in the Metropolitan Area of Porto. Additionally, the following results stand out: The number of deaths in March 2020 was higher than the figure observed for the same period in 2019, but lower than in 2018. In this context, 27 municipalities that registered more than 150 deaths per 100 deaths in comparison to the same reference period (average number of deaths in March 2018 and 2019) should be highlighted. On April 7, 2020, in Portugal, for every 10,000 inhabitants there were 12.8 confirmed cases of COVID-19. The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 disease per 10 thousand inhabitants was above the national value in 34 municipalities and of this group, 23 belonged to the Norte region. The analysis of the relationship between the number of confirmed cases per 10 thousand inhabitants and the proportion of the resident population aged 65 and over highlights a set of 13 municipalities with values above the national average in both indicators. The preliminary total number of deaths occurred between 1 and 31 March 2020 is, so far, slightly higher (+ 233) than the number of deaths registered in the same period in 2019 and lower by 277 cases than the number registered in the same period in 2018. On March 25, the total number of deaths exceeded those verified in 2019. The comparison between deaths in 2020 and the average number of deaths in 2018 and 2019, by each March day, indicates a change in the pattern by the middle of the month (the first death attributed to COVID-19 was registered on March 16). Difference between the number of deaths in 2010 and the average number of deaths in 2018 and 2019 per day of the month of March In 143 out of the 308 Portuguese municipalities the number of deaths registered in the month of March 2020 was higher than the corresponding reference value (average number of deaths in March 2018 and 2019). Of this total, 27 municipalities stand out for registering more than 150 deaths per 100 deaths in the same reference period. For the remaining 165 municipalities (54% of the total number of municipalities) the number of deaths registered in the month of March 2020 was lower than the number observed in the reference period.