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The epidemic also accelerated in Cascais and Odivelas.
The metropolitan area of Lisbon has been registering the highest increase in covid-19 cases, but the epidemic accelerated in the last week also in northern counties such as Porto and Vila do Conde. The municipalities of Lisbon and Sintra, the most populated in the country, registered the highest number of new infections, in line with what has been happening for several weeks. Still, in both cases there was an increase in cases compared to the previous week. In Lisbon, an additional 487 new infections were reported (a 45% increase over the previous week) and in Sintra 352 new cases (a 33% increase).
The information by municipality provided by the General Directorate of Health, which is only updated on Mondays, shows that Amadora was the third municipality with the most new cases in absolute terms (173), occupying the place of the third municipality with the most cases. recorded since the beginning of the epidemic. However, it was not in Amadora or Loures, with 156 new cases, where there was a greater increase in cases from one week to the next. In AML, Odivelas and Cascais, although with fewer numbers, suffered more significant increases in new infections. In Odivelas, 131 new cases were reported, compared to 88 the previous week. In Cascais, the numbers doubled, with 156 new cases compared to 78 the previous week.
In the North, Guimarães (142 new cases) and Vila Nova de Gaia (92), which last week were the municipalities with the highest incidence per 100,000 inhabitants, continued to register the highest number of new cases in absolute terms.
Vila do Conde (76 new cases) and Porto (71), just below this level, nevertheless had more significant increases in cases from one week to the next.
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