Portugal is currently the 9th country in the European Union (EU) with the most new cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection per million inhabitants in the last seven days, but it is the third in terms of deaths.
according to place Our World in Data statistic, the epidemiological situation of the country, compared to others, has improved since three weeks ago, when Portugal was the country with the highest number of new cases in the EU and the second in the world.
During this period, the daily average of new cases in Portugal went from 1,560 per million inhabitants to 996 to date. Of the partners of the European Union, Cyprus has the highest average of new daily cases (2,380), followed by France (1,920), Greece (1,700), Italy (1,590), and Austria (1,120).
At a global level, considering countries and territories with more than one million inhabitants, it is also the Cyprus has the worst epidemiological situation to date, followed by New Zealand (2,060), France, Greece and Singapore (1,650).
On the other hand, in terms of new daily deaths attributed to Covid-19, Portugal now has the third highest average in the EUwhich went from 3.68 three weeks ago to two, and is preceded by Malta, with 3.04, and Greece, with 2.4.
Globally, looking at territories and countries with more than one million inhabitants, Taiwan has the highest daily average of new deaths attributed to Covid-19 (four), followed by New Zealand (3.23), Greece, Belarus (two). 12) and Norway (2.04).
The average number of new daily cases per million inhabitants in the European Union has more than doubled since three weeks ago and stands at 910 and that of new daily deaths at 0.94.
The global average of new cases rose from 67 to 114 and the number of new deaths attributed to Covid-19 is at 0.22.
Source: Observadora
