SYNTHESIS INE@COVID-19, 7-jul-2020

July . 07 . 2020 page 15/21 Communication Unit | tel: +351 21 842 61 00 | sci@ine.pt www.ine.pt SYNTH SIS IN @ COVID-19 Diference between the number of deaths in 2020 and the average number of deaths in 2018 and 2019, per day - 80 - 60 - 40 - 20 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 1 5 9 13 June May April March 17 21 25 29 2 6 10 14 18 22 26 30 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 1 5 9 13 17 21 No. Cumulative number of deaths, by day of death, March 1 to June 21 (2018-2020) 0 5 000 10 000 15 000 20 000 25 000 30 000 35 000 40 000 01-Mar 03-Mar 05-Mar 07-Mar 09-Mar 11-Mar 13-Mar 15-Mar 17-Mar 19-Mar 21-Mar 23-Mar 25-Mar 27-Mar 29-Mar 31-Mar 02-Apr 04-Apr 06-Apr 08-Apr 10-Apr 12-Apr 14-Apr 16-Apr 18-Apr 20-Apr 22-Apr 24-Apr 26-Apr 28-Apr 30-Apr 02-May 04-May 06-May 08-May 10-May 12-May 14-May 16-May 18-May 20-May 22-May 24-May 26-May 28-May 30-May 01-Jun 03-Jun 05-Jun 07-Jun 09-Jun 11-Jun 13-Jun 15-Jun 17-Jun 19-Jun 21-Jun 2018 2019 2020 The following figure compares the total number of deaths in Portugal per week, up to the 25 th week of 2020 (15 to 21 June), with the corresponding weeks of 2018 and 2019. It shows that between the 12 th week (March 16 to 22) and the 23 rd (June 1 to 7), the number of deaths exceeded that observed in the corresponding weeks of 2018 and 2019, returning to lower figures compared to 2018 and 2019 in the 24 th and 25 th weeks (June 8 to 21).