Algarve incidence rate is “artificially inflated”
Loulé and Albufeira are calling for changes in how the number of Covid-19 cases are being counted in relation to the number of people in the municipality.
The Municipality of Loulé wants to count the daily overnight stays in hotels so that guests are added to the residents and the calculation of the incidence rate for Covid-19 is proportional to the real number of people who are staying.
Loulé Council argues that the ratio is being wrongly calculated , since foreign tourists are not considered in the total population, but if they are infected, they are included in the county s positive cases.
The Minister of Health has said that the epidemiological situation of Covid-19 in the Lisbon and Vale do Tejo regions should result in the continued application.