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Ana Paula Martins recognises that 'this year there is, in fact, an excess of mortality', but stresses that Portugal is not an isolated case and that the same trend is being observed in other European countries.
Epidemic flu activity is slowing in Portugal, with fewer cases of influenza, severe respiratory infections and admissions to intensive care units, but excess mortality persists, says INSA.
Portugal has recorded 47 consecutive days of excess deaths, primarily affecting people aged 85 and over. It is the only European country experiencing a moderate excess in mortality.
“This year there is, in fact, excess mortality,” acknowledges Ana Paula Martins, who promises to make an assessment “in a few weeks' time.”
Epidemic flu activity is easing in Portugal, with fewer flu cases, severe respiratory infections and intensive care admissions, while excess mortality remains, according to the National Institute of Health Dr Ricardo Jorge (INSA).
Portugal recorded fewer flu cases last week and a reduction in intensive care admissions, but all-cause mortality remains above expected levels, according to the National Institute of Health Dr Ricardo Jorge (INSA). 'Excess mortality was identified in all regions of mainland Portugal, in both sexes ...
Álvaro Almeida says the SNS Executive Directorate monitors the data daily and that the essential task is to establish the causes of the excess mortality. More detailed analyses, he adds, will only be carried out once winter is over. For now, he urges caution.
There are already more than 2,600 deaths above the expected number. This is the thirtieth consecutive day of a trend that continues at the start of the year.
Home News Portugal registers excess mortality Portugal registers excess mortality The Directorate-General of Health (DGS) and the National Institute of Health, Dr. Ricardo Jorge (INSA), revealed that Portugal has experienced excess mortality since the first week of December.
In just over a month, Portugal recorded roughly 3,000 more deaths than normal for this time of year. The so-called “excess mortality”, revealed by figures from the Directorate-General of Health (DGS), has persisted for more than a month, since 6 December, with the arrival of flu and cold weather. The situation worsened in the first week of January, after the Christmas and New Year festivities, as experts had predicted, and the above-average mortality stopped affecting only the elderly, beginning to affect all ages over 45. With 547 deaths in 24 hours, the peak in mortality occurred on 2 January — to find days with more deaths in Portugal you have to go back to 2021, a year of the COVID-19 pandemic. DGS figures indicate the worst now appears to have passed, but a few more days are needed to be certain.
Excess mortality follows a pattern consistent with the epidemic phase of seasonal influenza and is most pronounced in older age groups, particularly among those aged 85 years and over.
Excess mortality was identified across mainland Portugal, although the North, Centre and Algarve regions were the first to be affected.
As of 5pm, data indicate Portugal has recorded excess deaths for the last 26 days — observed deaths exceeding expected baseline levels over that period.
Mortality was above expected levels in Portugal in the week of Christmas, with excess deaths identified in the North, Centre, Alentejo and Lisbon and Tagus Valley regions.
Portugal registered 1,265 influenza cases during the week of Christmas and observed excess mortality among older people.
Severe respiratory infections continue to rise in Portugal, particularly among older people and children, with an increase in flu cases in intensive care last week and excess all-cause mortality, the INSA revealed today.
Portugal has seen an increase in severe respiratory infections, particularly among those over 65, and excess mortality in the North region among people aged 75 to 84, according to data from the Ricardo Jorge National Health Institute (INSA).
In the week from December 1 to 7, 97 cases of severe acute respiratory infection were admitted to the Local Health Units that reported data for the surveillance of this infection.
