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The Portuguese Association of Geographers (APG) warned this Friday that “new outbreaks” of contagion of SARS-CoV-2 infection are emerging in the North, in Trás-os-Montes, Arouca and Cinfães, where the percentage of infected is ” high “compared to residents.
“We have a place in the northeast, next to Bragança, which are larger municipalities but with less population, and then we have loose places, like Cinfães, which makes a direct connection with Arouca and ends up having connections with Vale do Sousa because it is in same inter-municipal community ”, explained to Lusa Pedro Chamusca, from the APG’s directorate, based on maps of geographical distribution of the evolution of the epidemic, based on data from the General Health Directorate.
The also researcher at the University of Aveiro pointed out that, currently, “45 municipalities have 100 or more cases per 10,000 inhabitants and of those 25 are in the North. “
According to Pedro Chamusca, the variation in the cases of the new coronavirus, which causes covid-19, “is not growing with such intensity in the Porto Metropolitan Area (AMP), but more in the Sousa Valley and spreading to the interior, almost following the Duero “.
The academic pointed out that the maps show “a very strong point in Porto”, which has “become very densified” in other regions.
Among them is Vale do Sousa, which, according to the academic, currently has “indicators similar to Porto”, despite being an area with a lower population density.
There are also “other outbreaks”, specifically in Trás-os-Montes, with a set of municipalities such as Bragança, Mogadouro and Macedo de Cavaleiros with “a high percentage of infected compared to the number of residents”.
The same goes for Arouca and Cinfães, counties that have 100 or more cases per 10,000 inhabitants, added the expert.
In the north, maps show a “very strong point” that connects the Vila Nova de Gaia area, the Vale do Sousa region, Vila Verde (in the Braga district) and Póvoa do VarzimThat stain, according to the academic, widens “more and more”.
Asked about the possibility of more restrictive measures being applied in other counties, like the three in Vale do Sousa, the academic stated that for this it is essential to “understand what is promoting a higher rate of pollution in each of the ‘countries northeast”. ‘that exist within the northern region. “
Experts warned on Wednesday that the northern region could reach 7,000 new cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection next week.
Heard by Lusa, they affirmed that there are “several municipalities” at a “similar level” to the three of Tâmega and Sousa where more restrictive measures were imposed.
The covid-19 pandemic has already claimed more than 1.1 million deaths and more than 45.1 million cases of infection worldwide, according to a report prepared by the French agency AFP.
In Portugal, 2,468 people died due to 137,272 confirmed cases of infection, according to the latest bulletin from the General Health Directorate.
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