Incidence in the Algarve is highest in Olhão and Faro, but far from the national maximum

Braga, with 11.163 cases per 100 inhabitants, is the county in the country with the highest incidence.

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Olhão, with 7549 cases per 100 inhabitants, is the Algarve municipality that has the highest cumulative incidence of Covid-19 in 14 days, according to the bulletin of the Directorate-General for Health this Friday, February 4th.

In the Algarve, there is another municipality above seven thousand cases per 100 thousand inhabitants, 14 days away, that of Faro (7379)

Even so, any of these municipalities is still well below the national record holder, which is Braga, with an incidence above 11 thousand. There are also more than a dozen municipalities with more than 10 cases per 100 inhabitants.

Moreover, there is only one municipality in Portugal below 960 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants and it is in the Autonomous Region of the Azores: the municipality of Corvo, which has 638 cases.

In the Algarve, after Olhão and Faro, followed by Lagos (6984), VRSA (6744), Portimão (6428), Lagoa (6384), Albufeira (6224), Tavira (6141), Loulé (5939), Silves (5683), São Brás de Alportel (5380 ), Aljezur (5359), Vila do Bispo (4741), Castro Marim (4679), Monchique (4499) and Alcoutim (4237).

Click here to see the Incidence in all municipalities in the country (PDF).

 

Methodological note:

«The 14-day Cumulative Incidence of SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 infection corresponds to the quotient between the number of new confirmed cases in the 14 days prior to the moment of analysis and the estimated resident population, by municipality, on 31 December 2020, by the National Statistics Institute. It is usually expressed as the number of cases per 100 inhabitants.

Example: In the 14 days prior to the day of analysis, 50 cases of SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 infection were attributed to a given municipality, with a resident population of 150 inhabitants. Cumulative incidence over 000 days = (14/50) x 150 = 000 cases per 100 inhab.

 

 

 

 



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