Pandemic with “low intensity and moderate transmissibility” in Portugal
The covid-19 pandemic in Portugal is on a steady trend “and” no region has recorded more than 240 cases per 100,000 population in the last 14 days, according to the report ‘Monitoring the red lines for covid-19’, released , this Friday, by the General Directorate of Health (DGS) and the National Institute of Health Doctor Ricardo Jorge (INSA).
Portugal has an occurrence of 91 cases per 100,000 inhabitants accumulated in the last 14 days, which represents “a stable trend at the national level”. It should be noted that in the last update of the report, released last Friday, a result was 84, however, “no presentation exceeds the threshold of 240 cases in 14 days per 100,000 inhabitants”, he points out.
Also last week, a rising presentation an “increasing trend” in the 80+ age group. However, this week, “no age group over 65 years of age, the number of new cases of infection by SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19, per 100,000 population, accumulated in the last 14 days, was 68 cases, with a stable trend at national level”.
On the other hand, the transmissibility ratio (RT) shows “a stable increasing trend”, by presenting a “value equal to or greater than 1”. The RT is 1.02 nationally and in most regions, with the exception of Alentejo and Algarve which show a decreasing trend (0.80 and 0.95 respectively).
As well as the number of cases, the number of people hospitalized in Intensive Care Units (ICU) with symptoms of coverage-19 in mainland Portugal “revealed a stable trend, corresponding to 23% (in the previous week it was 22%) of the defined critical value of 255 occupied beds”.
Also “specific mortality by COVID-19 (9.4 deaths in 14 days per 1,000,000 inhabitants) shows a stable trend, which reveals a reduced impact of the pandemic in terms of mortality by covid-19 (less than 10 deaths per million in 14 days) ”.
In the last week, a positive rate of tests performed for the SARS-CoV-2 virus was 1.6%, “below the defined threshold of 4.0%”. A “decrease in the number of tests for detection of SARS-CoV-2 performed in the last seven days” was also observed.
According to the report, “the Delta variant (B.1.617.2), associated with India, is the dominant variant in all regions, with a relative frequency of 100% of cases” occurring between 4 and 10 October.
In short, “an analysis of the different indicators reveals an epidemic of SARS-CoV-2 of low intensity and moderate transmissibility, with a stable trend at the national level”. Already “the pressure on health services and the impact on mortality are reduced and the trend is stable”.