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According to the epidemiological bulletin released this Wednesday by the DGS, 54,493 people recovered from the disease, 446 of them in the last 24 hours.
Regarding hospitalizations, 957 people are hospitalized, 41 more than yesterday, 135 of which are in intensive care (3 more than those registered this Wednesday).
The Northern Region has the highest number of new cases registered this Wednesday, 48.3% (1001). It is followed by the Lisbon Region and the Tagus Valley, with 802, the Central Region, with 172 new cases, the Alentejo with 47 more and the Algarve, with 42.
The Autonomous Region of Madeira has three more confirmed cases. The Azores have five new infections.
The sharp increase in new cases prompted the government to take drastic measures
Prime Minister António Costa announced new measures on Wednesday to curb the growing daily number of Covid-19 infections. The country will back to disaster situation starting at 00:00 hours this Wednesday with new more restricted measures.
Asymptomatic and mild cases of Covid-19 with mandatory isolation of only 10 days
People infected with Covid-19 and who have been victims of a mild or moderate illness will be able to leave their isolation after ten days. Previously, they had to comply with a 14-day quarantine. Updating of the regulations of the General Health Directorate it also states that the final laboratory test is no longer necessary to confirm that the patient is no longer infected.
396 active outbreaks in Portugal
The Minister of Health, Marta Temido, announced at the conference that there are 396 active outbreaks in Portugal. Of these outbreaks, 136 are found in the north, 178 in Lisbon and the Tagus valley, 14 in the Alentejo and 18 in the Algarve.
Even taking into account this Wednesday’s data, the incidence rate in recent days stood at 96.6 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants. The RT is now 1.2, with an average of 1,542 new cases daily.
“The disease has not disappeared, we will be subjected to a very tough test”
Marta Temido says that at present the incidence of new cases is higher among the youngest and for this reason she demands responsibility. The minister guarantees that the worst is yet to come, growth is expected in the coming days, and we must be careful.
“The disease has not disappeared, we will put ourselves to a very hard test,” he stresses. The Minister of Health has also stressed that, according to INSA estimates, the situation “will tend to worsen in the coming days according to mathematical models.”
The general death rate from Covid-19 in Portugal is currently 2.3%.
Modified discharge criteria
Fearful also addressed the difference between “clinical discharge and quarantine” in terms of reducing isolation from 14 to 10 days. The Minister of Health guarantees that the quarantine “has not changed in terms of time.”
“In cases with mild or moderate disease and in which there was a disease confirmed by tests,” clinical discharge can now occur after 10 days.
In the cases placed in isolation without conducting a test, the 14 days of quarantine are maintained.
Graça Freitas on the players of the national team: each patient manages the transport to the country where they live
The general director of Health, Graça Freitas, defended that the players do not differ from any other citizen and return alone to the countries where they live. That is, each patient takes care of their own transport and must comply with the isolation or quarantine that is required.
The DGS or health authority of the country of the basement must inform the health authorities of the country of destination of the patient about the clinical status of the person and if they are in isolation or quarantine. Then, in the destination country, he will be under surveillance, under the responsibility of himself and the local health authorities.
Any of the team’s players who tested positive – Cristiano Ronaldo, Anthony Lopes and José Fonte – returned to their countries of origin with a statement on how they will comply with isolation or quarantine.
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