Covid-19: Average daily cases low in Portugal – News
According to the national weekly report by the Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge (INSA) on the evolution of the pandemic, the average number of daily cases of infection with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in five days fell from 10,080 to 7,690 at the national level. , being lowest on the mainland (7,185).
The document also adds that the average value of the Rt between the 4th and the 8th of July was 0.89 in Portugal and 0.90 on the mainland, optimized higher than the 0.88 recorded in the previous period.
According to INSA, all regions register an Rt – which estimates the number of secondary cases of infection resulting from each person carrying the virus that causes covid-19 – below the threshold of 1, with the exception of the Algarve, which is at 1, 00
The North has an Rt of 0.89, the Center of 0.90, Lisbon and Vale do Tejo of 0.88, the Alentejo of 0.94, the Azores of 0.87 and Madeira of 0.88.
“All regions, with the exception of the North region, have a probability rate of more than 960 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in 14 days”, with the highest in the Algarve (1,919.3), followed by Madeira (1,513.8) and the Azores (1,511.6), also indicates INSA.
Since the beginning of the pandemic and July 8, Portugal has recorded 5,261,914 cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection.