Portugal is in the fifth phase of the Covid-19 pandemic and has an incidence of infections of 203 cases per 100 inhabitants, being higher in the young population, said today the General Directorate of Health (DGS).
"We had four major pandemic phases and Portugal is currently in the fifth pandemic phase, so far with an impact on severity and mortality lower than the previous phases, although they deserve some special attention", said Pedro Pinto Leite, from DGS, at the assessment meeting on the situation of the pandemic in Portugal at Infarmed's headquarters, in Lisbon.
According to him, the current incidence is 203 cases of infection by SARS-CoV-2 in the last 14 days per 100 inhabitants, with an increasing trend and a variation of over 47% compared to the homologous period.
According to the expert, the region with the highest incidence of infections is the Algarve, followed by the Center and Madeira, with these three regions above 240 cases per 100 inhabitants.
Lisbon and Vale do Tejo have an incidence “slightly lower than the national one”, followed by Alentejo, the North and the Azores, but also with an increasing trend and with variations above 10%.
Pedro Pinto Leite also added that the age group with the highest incidence of infections is children up to 9 years old, which corresponds to a group of the unvaccinated population.
The group aged 20 to 29 years is the second with a higher incidence of cases of infection, followed by the group aged 30 to 39 years.
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