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The average transmissibility rate (Rt) of the SARS-CoV-2 virus is 0.66, which represents a trend to reduce new cases of covid-19 in all regions of the country, the National Institute of Health announced this Friday. . Ricardo Jorge (INSA).
“The results indicate a decreasing trend in new cases nationwide in all regions of the country,” says INSA in the status report on the epidemic curve of contagion by the new coronavirus.
In accordance with TVI, this is the lowest Rt in Europe today.
On January 11, the average Rt stood at 0.77, a figure that Prime Minister António Costa considered at that time as “the lowest the country has had since the start of the pandemic”, in the spring of 2020.
According to the INSA data now published, all regions of the country have an Rt, the average number of secondary cases resulting from a case infected by the virus, below 1.
Epidemiological estimates point to a Rt of 0.64 in the North, Center and Alentejo regions, 0.66 in the Lisbon and Vale do Tejo region, 0.65 in the Algarve region, 0.63 in the autonomous region of the Azores and 0.88 in the autonomous region of Madeira.
According to INSA, as of January 18 there was a strong reduction in Rt, but as of February 11 there was a slight increase, which suggests “a deceleration in the tendency to decrease the incidence of SARS CoV -2 ”in that period.
“From the beginning of August to mid-November, the Rt was above 1 for 107 days, which reveals a phase of sustained growth. From mid-November to December 25, the Rt remained below 1, which represents a phase of sustained decrease in the incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection, ”says INSA.
In Portugal, 15,821 people died from 794,769 confirmed cases of infection, according to the most recent bulletin from the Directorate General of Health.
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