SYNTHESIS INE@COVID-19, 28 apr-2021

April . 28 . 2021 SYNTH SIS IN @ COVID-19 www.ine.pt page 7/12 Communication Unit | tel: +351 21 842 61 10 | sci@ine.pt Number of new confirmed cases (last 7 days) of COVID-19 and respective rate of change, Portugal, per day (up to 24 March 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 599 new cases related to positive laboratory notifications reporting to the weekend of 3 and 4 April, disseminated by DGS in the Status Report of 6 April, were distributed over these two days according to the distribution of new cases that occurred in the previous four weekends. The dates marked on the graph axis correspond to Sundays. • At the regional level, it should be noted that in the four weeks ending 28 March 2021, only Área Metropolitana de Lisboa recorded a higher number of deaths than the same period in the previous year (1.1), with Alentejo and Centro regions recording the lowest figures; • In 204 municipalities the number of deaths between 1 March and 28 March was equal to or lower than the homologous reference period, 15 more municipalities than in the previous week; Ratio between deaths in the last four weeks and the average of deaths in the same period from 2015 to 2019, Portugal and NUTS 2 Source: INE, I.P., Statistics on Deaths (Preliminary (2020 and 2021) and Final Results (2015 up to 2019)).