3 new cases in São Miguel and 5 recoveries in 3 islands



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The diagnosed cases correspond to 3 men, between 17 and 42 years old, not residents of the Region, who come from an air connection with the Portuguese peninsula.

One of the people was diagnosed through a SARS-CoV-2 screening test conducted upon arrival, while the other two people were tested before boarding with a negative result and a test performed after the sixth. day with a positive result.

There is a recovery of a woman, 71 years old, and a man, 74 years old, on the island of São Miguel, a woman, 35 years old, on Terceira Island, a woman, 17 years old, and a 10-month-old child on the island de Pico, bringing to 234 the number of cases recovered in the Region.

Furthermore, it is reported that all the screening tests performed on gymnasts in Ponta Delgada gave a negative result.

Thus, so far, 367 cases of infection by the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes the disease COVID-19, have been detected in the Region, with 66 currently active positive cases, of which 49 on the island from São Miguel, 10 on Terceira Island, one on Graciosa Island, two on Pico Island, two on Faial Island, one on Santa María Island and one on Flores Island.

The measures to prevent and contain a pandemic must be maintained and strengthened, whenever possible, by citizens and organizations from the public, private and social sectors.



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