SYNTHESIS INE@COVID-19, 18 Jan-2021

January . 18 . 2021 SYNTH SIS IN @ COVID-19 www.ine.pt page 11/13 Communication Unit | tel: +351 21 842 61 10 | sci@ine.pt Mortality in Portugal in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic From the 2 nd to the 27 th of December, the number of deaths attributed to COVID-19 exceeded the increase in the average of total deaths in the same period of the last 5 years Between the 2 nd of March - the date on which the first cases of OVID-19 disease were diagnosed in Portugal - and the 27 th of December, there were 99,356 deaths in Portugal, 12,852 more than the average for the years 2015-2019 over the same period. Of these deaths, 52.0% (6,667) were attributed to COVID-19. In the last 4 weeks (November 30 th to December 27 th ), there were 1,884 more deaths than the average. In these weeks, there were 2,172 deaths attributed to COVID-19, an increase of 15.3% over the average for the same period in 2015-2019. 2020 deaths and 2015-2019 average, by week, Portugal, weeks 1 to 52 The increase in deaths in 2020 compared with the average for 2015-2019 reached the first peak in week 15 (April 6 th to the 12 th ) and recorded the highest figure in week 29 (July 13 th to the 19 th ), with an increase of 800 deaths, which might have also been related to the fact that July 2020 was extremely hot. In week 37 (September 7 th to the 13 th ), there was a new peak, after which it fell again. From week 40 (28 th of September to the 4 th of October) to week 46 (November 9 th to the 15 th ), the number of deaths increased steadily, moving away from the average of the last five years. Difference between 2020 deaths and 2015-2019 average and COVID-19 deaths -200 -100 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec No. Week/Month Difference between 2020 and 2015-2019 average COVID-19 deaths 1,500 1,700 1,900 2,100 2,300 2,500 2,700 2,900 3,100 3,300 3,500 1 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 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 4445 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec No. Week/Month 2015-2019 max-min 2020 deaths 2015-2019 average 2020 deaths, excluding COVID-19 Emergency State Con�ngency State Calamity State Alert State Emergency State