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The districts of Bragança, Braga, Porto, Aveiro and Viana do Castelo decreased the number of new cases of infection between the third and last week of November and only Vila Real increased, according to the ARS-N report.
In the district of Braga, the decrease is now set at 29% (from 8,033 new cases to 5,703) and where only the municipality of Esposende contradicts this trend, with a 29% increase in the number of new cases of contagion by the new coronavirus, which causes covid-19.
Also the municipalities of the district of Viana do Castelo, which represents a decrease of 14% (from 790 new cases to 676), decreased the number of new cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
The document from the Northern Regional Health Administration (ARS-N), to which Lusa had access today, reports the epidemiological evolution in the provinces of the region between the second (from 10 to 16) and the last week (from 24 to 31). From November.
According to the report, Freixo de Espada à Cinta continues to be the northern municipality with the highest incidence, standing at 3,365 cases per 100,000 inhabitants every 14 days.
Freixo de Espada à Cinta is followed by Chaves, Guimarães, Póvoa de Lanhoso, Vila Nova de Famalicão, Trofa and Mondim de Basto.
In these six municipalities, the incidence exceeds 1,900 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants every 14 days, and the average for the Northern region is 1,227.8 cases.
Of the six districts covered by the ARS-N, five registered, between the third and last week of November, a decrease in the number of new cases of infection by SARS-CoV-2, with only the Vila Real district registering an increase .
The district that stands out the most in the report is Bragança, which registered a 39% decrease in the number of new cases of infection, from 611 new cases in the second week to 372 in the last week of November.
In this district, the counties that most followed the trend were Freixo de Espada à Cinta, with a 71% reduction in new cases, Miranda do Douro, with 67% less, and Mirandela, with a 46% reduction.
Also in the Porto district, which represents a 28% decrease in the number of new cases (from 11,967 new cases to 8,630), only the Baião municipality countered the trend, registering a 14% increase in new infections.
In the Aveiro district [onde a ARS-N abrange sete concelhos] There was a 26% decrease in new infection cases (from 2,389 new cases to 1,772), with the seven counties following this course.
Despite the decrease in new cases reported in the North, the Vila Real district continues to register a growth of 23%, from 1,013 new cases of contagion to 1,251.
In this district, the municipalities of Mondim de Basto stand out, with an increase in new cases of 122%, Santa Marta de Penaguião, with 79%, and Chaves, with 67%.
Portugal represents at least 4,645 deaths associated with covid-19 in 303,846 confirmed cases of infection, according to the latest bulletin from the Directorate General of Health (DGS).
The country is in a state of emergency from November 9 to December 8, a period during which there is a mandatory curfew in counties with the highest risk of contagion.
During the week, the curfew must be respected between 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m., while on weekends and holidays, circulation is limited between 1:00 p.m. on Saturday and 5:00 a.m. on Sunday, and between 13:00 on Sundays and 05:00 on Mondays.
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