SYNTHESIS INE@COVID-19, 27 Oct -2020

October . 27 . 2020 SYNTH SIS IN @ COVID-19 www.ine.pt page 6/9 Communication Unit | tel: +351 21 842 61 10 | sci@ine.pt • On 18 October, the date of the last data update at municipality level, 13,947 new cases were registered (corresponding to 13.5 new cases per 10,000 inhabitants) and at NUTS II region level, this value was exceeded only by the Norte region (14.1 new cases per 10,000 inhabitants). The new cases registered in the last 7 days in this region represented 36% of the total new cases observed for the country. It should also be noted that the sub-regions Tâmega e Sousa and Terras de Trás-os-Montes, both located in the Norte region, were the only ones to exceed the national average of new cases per 10 thousand inhabitants; • The analysis focused on the last two weeks highlights for the ÁreaMetropolitana de Lisboa (AML) growth rates lower than those observed for the country, but for the Área Metropolitana do Porto (AMP) the growth rates were higher than the national ones. In the week ending in October 18 this rate was +64.3% in the AML and +95.5% in the AMP while the growth in the country was +73.7%, thus registering a decrease in the relative importance of the number of new cases (last 7 days) in the case of the AML and an increase in the relative importance of the number of new cases in the AMP; Number of new confirmed cases of COVID-19 (last 7 days) per 10 thousand inhabitants, Sundays – April 12 to October 18, Portugal Norte region and the metropolitan areas of Porto and Lisboa Source: Directorate-General of Health, Daily COVID-19 Status Report (released on October 22). Note: The dates marked on the graph axis correspond to Sundays. PORTUGAL 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 12 Apr 19 Apr 26 Apr 3 May 10 May 17 May 24 May 31 May 7 Jun 14 Jun 21 Jun 28 Jun 5 Jul 12 Jul 19 Jul 26 Jul 2 Aug 9 Aug 16 Aug 23 Aug 30 Aug 6 Sep 13 Sep 20 Sep 27 Sep 4 Oct 11 Oct 18 Oct N.º de novos casos por 10 mil hab. o. of ew confirmed cases per 10 thousand inhab. A.M. Porto A.M. Lisboa 18 April: Start 3 rd State of Emergency 3 May: Start State of Calamity 1 July: Declaration of calamity (19 parishes of AML), contingency and alert 1 August: Declaration of contingency (AML) and alert 15 September: Declaration of contingency for the whole country 15 October: Declaration of calamity for the whole country NORTE 4 May: Start 1 st Phase of Deconfinement 18 May: Start 2 nd Phase of Deconfinement 1 June: Start 3 rd Phase of Deconfinement 14-19 September: Start of school year • On 18 October 2020, 34 municipalities registered a number of new confirmed cases of COVID-19 disease (last 7 days) per 10,000 inhabitants above the national average, of which 24 belong to the Norte region, where 39% of the region’s population lives. Of these, six municipalities with more than 25 new cases per 10,000 inhabitants stood out: Paços de Ferreira (99.6), Lousada (55.4), Felgueiras (27.3) and Penafiel (25.2) in Tâmega e Sousa and the municipalities of Paredes (27.9) and Porto (26.0) in the Metropolitan Area of Porto; • In Área Metropolitana de Lisboa, four municipalities scored values above the national average (representing 46% of the region’s population): Sintra (16.7), Lisboa (15.3), Cascais (14.7) and Loures (13.9).