SYNTHESIS INE@COVID-19, 25 Jan-2021

January . 25 . 2021 SYNTH SIS IN @ COVID-19 www.ine.pt page 15/21 Communication Unit | tel: +351 21 842 61 10 | sci@ine.pt • On January 13, 2021, 61,273 new cases were registered in Portugal in the last 7 days, the highest value since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal, and since December 28, 2020 there has been an exponential increase in the number of new cases in the last 7 days. The 14-days incidence rate of COVID-19 was 1 011, corresponding to the number of confirmed new cases of COVID-19 in the last 14 days per 100 thousand inhabitants. 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 13/1/2021) 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 5, 2021, the date of the last data update at municipality level, only the Norte (681 new cases in the last 14 days per 100 thousand inhabitants) and Centro (653) regions exceeded the COVID-19 incidence rate registered in Portugal (615). 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 and 10 January, Portugal and NUTS 2 Note: The absence of values at the regional level on 1 and 8 November is due to the interruption in the dissemination of data at the municipality 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.