SYNTHESIS INE@COVID-19, 14 Oct -2020

October . 14 . 2020 SYNTH SIS IN @ COVID-19 www.ine.pt page 8/11 Communication Unit | tel: +351 21 842 61 10 | sci@ine.pt • Two municipalities with more than 30 new confirmed cases per 10 thousand inhabitants are also worth mentioning: Montalegre (44.5) in the sub-region of Alto Tâmega and Bragança (31.8) in Terras de Trás-os-Montes. Number of new confirmed cases of COVID-19 (last 7 days) per 10 thousand inhabitants until September 20, 2020, by municipality Territorial concentration of new confirmed cases of COVID-19 (last 7 days) in relation to the resident population, based on the distribution by municipality Location Curve Location coefficient October 4 - Sunday 35.1 September 20 - Sunday 34.5 September 6 - Sunday 37.2 August 9 - Sunday 46.4 July 12 - Sunday 51.7 June 14 - Sunday 65.8 May 17 - Sunday 47.1 April 19 - Sunday 41.9 0 20 40 60 80 100 0 20 40 60 80 100 Resident population (% cumulative) New confirmed cases (% cumulative) Equal distribution October 4 September 20 September 6 August 9 July 12 June 14 May 17 April 19 • The analysis focused on the last two weeks showed the slowdown in the growth rates of the number of new cases (last 7 days) in the metropolitan areas of Porto and Lisboa in comparison to the ones recorded for the country. In the week ending in 4 October, this rate was +11.1% in the Metropolitan Area of Porto and +8.8% in the Metropolitan Area of Lisboa, while the growth in the country was +21.3%. The relative importance of the number of new cases (last 7 days) of the metropolitan areas in the country has been decreasing since the week ending in 20 September (43% in the Metropolitan Area of Lisboa and 13% in the Metropolitan Area of Porto). In the seven days ending in 4 October, the Metropolitan Area of Lisboa accounted for 36% of the new cases in the country (28% of the population in 2019) and the Metropolitan Area of Porto accounted for 11% (17% of the resident population in 2019).