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The ARS-N report reports the evolution of the epidemiological situation between the second (from 06 to 12) and the fourth week (from 20 to 26) of December.
Vieira do Minho, Macedo de Cavaleiros, Torre de Moncorvo, Arcos de Valdevez and Valença were the only municipalities that, between the third and fourth week of the month, registered an increase in new cases of contagion by the new coronavirus, which causes the covid- 19. , according to the report Lusa had access to.
Macedo de Cavaleiros, in the district of Bragança, was the one that registered the highest growth in the days around Christmas, standing at 109%, going from 66 to 138 new cases.
This municipality has the highest incidence rate in the North region, reaching 1,405 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants every 14 days.
In terms of percentage growth, Macedo de Cavaleiros is followed by Torre de Moncorvo (75% of new cases of infection), Arcos de Valdevez (50%), Valença (24%) and Vieira do Minho (19%).
In the same period, the remaining counties in the northern region saw a decrease in the number of new cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Aveiro district [onde a ARS-N abrange sete municípios] registered a 27% decrease in new cases of infection, from 1,005 new cases in the third week of the month to 735.
The district of Braga also followed this trend, registering a decrease of 29% and going from 3,371 new cases to 2,403.
Bragança represented 11% fewer new cases between the third and fourth week of the month, from 433 to 386 new cases.
The Porto district registered 22% fewer new cases of infection by the new coronavirus, going from 5,526 to 4,083 new cases of infection.
Viana do Castelo and Vila Real also followed this downward trend, decreasing the number of new cases by 34% and 38%, respectively.
The report also indicates that, together with Macedo de Cavaleiros, the municipalities of Montalegre, Alfandega da Fé, Ponte da Barca, Peso da Régua, Esposende, Valpaços and Vimioso have an incidence rate of more than 1,000 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants. to 14 days.
In these seven municipalities, the incidence rate is higher than in the North region, which now stands at 581.2 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants in 14 days.
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