The transmissibility
index (Rt) of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus rose to 0.88 in Portugal, with an
average of 972 new cases per day, according to estimates by.
The Minister of Health, Marta Temido, has said that the government is concerned with controlling the impact of Covid-19 on the most vulnerable, especially the.
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Portugal birth rate drops By TPN/Lusa, in News · 29-01-2021 01:00:00 · 0 Comments
About 85,500 babies were born in Portugal in 2020, the lowest figure since 2015, the year 85,056 heel prick tests were conducted.
According to data released by the Ricardo Jorge National Institute of Health (INSA), last year, 85,456 newborns were studied, 1,908 fewer babies than in 2019 (87,364), under the National Neonatal Screening Program (PNRN), which covers almost all births in Portugal. Compared to 2015, the year in which 85,056 babies were screened, the lowest number in the last five years was a drop of 0.48 percent in 2020, representing 400 fewer births, according to INSA.
Lisbon was the city that registered the most newborns, totalling 25,014, 1,267 less compared to 2019, followed by Porto, with 15,734, 33 more than the