[ad_1]
The National Institute of Statistics (INE) today released data on the average number of infected per municipality, per 10,000 inhabitants, noting that “the expression of the pandemic continues to be characterized by high territorial heterogeneity.” Of the 53 municipalities above the national average, twelve are in Minho.
“As of the end of August, there is a tendency to increase the number of new cases of covid-19, with values higher than 2,500 new cases as of September 7 (accumulated values of the last 7 days) and reaching 3,075 new cases cases (corresponding to 3.0 new cases per 10,000 inhabitants) on September 9, “says the INE.
On September 6, the reference date of the latest data released by the DGS at the municipal level, for every 10,000 inhabitants 2.4 new cases of covid-19 were registered, 53 more in 53 municipalities. Twelve of them are in the districts of Braga and Viana do Castelo.
Well above the national average is the municipality of Guimarães, with more than seven confirmed cases per 10,000 inhabitants.
With an average of between 2.4 and 7 cases per 10,000 inhabitants, there are eleven other municipalities in the Minho: Famalicão, Vizela, Póvoa de Lanhoso, Amares, Terras de Bouro, Vila Verde, Cabeceiras de Basto, Ponte da Barca, Monção, Cerveira and Caminha.
Source: INE
In the North region, 29 municipalities registered a value above the country’s average, with emphasis on the municipalities of Arouca, Póvoa de Varzim, Vila do Conde, Santo Tirso, Paredes, Lousada, Felgueiras, Paços de Ferreira, Castelo de Paiva and Penafiel.
With values higher than seven new cases per 10,000 inhabitants, the municipalities of Sernancelhe (Douro) and Vimioso (Terras de Trás-os-Montes) also stood out.
In the Lisbon Metropolitan Area (AML), of the total of 18 municipalities, 11 presented values above the national: Sintra and Amadora, with five or more confirmed cases per 10,000 inhabitants, followed by the municipalities of Vila Franca de Xira, Odivelas , Lisbon, Oeiras, Loures, Setúbal, Barreiro, Mafra and Seixal.
Also some municipalities in the Centro regions (Arruda dos Vinhos, Santa Comba Dão, Cantanhede, Águeda and Sátão), Alentejo (Odemira, Santarém, Reguengos de Monsaraz, Campo Maior, Sines, Benavente and Mora) and Algarve (Loulé) had higher values at national value.
Covid-19: Three more dead, 687 infected and 203 recovered in the country
“The analysis of the territorial concentration of the new cases revealed an upward trend until June 14, followed by a progressive reduction, reaching the highest level of territorial dispersion in the series from April 19 to September 6 to September 6” , stresses.
In the set of seven days ended on September 6, AML represented 40% of new cases in the country (28% of the resident population in 2019).
“In recent weeks the number of new cases in the AMP has also increased, registering an approximation to the values of new confirmed cases per 10,000 inhabitants observed for the country.”
According to the INE, the new cases registered in the two metropolitan areas represented on September 6 more than half (56%) of all new cases in the country.
On September 6, there were 58.8 cases of Covid-19 in Portugal for every 10,000 inhabitants.
The regression analysis of the daily series of new confirmed cases shows “a weekly structure characterized by the registration of a greater number of daily cases, in relative terms, each week on working days from Tuesday to Friday, than those found on other days” .
[ad_2]
