SYNTHESIS INE@COVID-19, 22-MAY-2020

May . 22 . 2020 page 11/16 Communication Unit | tel: +351 21 842 61 00 | sci@ine.pt www.ine.pt SYNTH SIS IN @ COVID-19 The Área Metropolitana de Lisboa and Algarve, regions with the most dynamic housing market, show a decrease in the number of dwelling sales in March 2020, compared to the same period in the previous year In March 2020, around 6 dwellings were sold per one thousand conventional dwellings in Portugal, which compares with sales of 6.15 in March of the previous year and 6.66 in February 2020. In March 2020, at the regional level, except for the Área Metropolitana de Lisboa and the Algarve, the remaining regions showed a lower number of sales per one thousand dwellings than the national reference value, standing out with values below 5, the regions of Centro (4.49) and Alentejo (4.70). The Área Metropolitana de Lisboa and the Algarve, despite having sales per one thousand conventional dwellings above the national value, registered in March 2020 a decrease in this value compared to the same period in the previous year: -2.1% and -0.9% respectively. Besides these regions, the Centro (-3.7%) and Norte (-3.3%) regions also observed, in March 2020, a decrease in the number of sales per one thousand conventional dwellings compared to the same month in the previous year. Number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 disease per 10 thousand inhabitants until May 20 , 2020, by municipality Territorial concentration of COVID-19 confirmed cases until March 25 and until May 20 in relation to the resident population, based on the distribution by municipality Location Curve Location coefficient Wednesday – May 20 33,7 Wednesday - March 25 47,7 Source: Directorate-General of Health, Daily COVID-19 Status Report (released on May 21); INE, I.P., Annual estimates of resident population, 31 December 2019 (Preliminary Results). Note: For the calculation of the location coefficients zero cases were considered for the municipalities with no value in the Directorate-General of Health report (null or less than 3 cases).