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Portugal added 3,334 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the lowest record on a Sunday since Nov. 1. 71 more people died.
According to the daily bulletin of the General Directorate of Health, in the last 24 hours 3,334 cases of covid-19 were registered, bringing the total number of infections to 374,121 since the start of the pandemic, on March 2. With 71 more deaths, there are now 6134 total victims of the disease associated with SARS-CoV-2 in Portugal.
The number of people hospitalized increased, once again exceeding the three thousand registered. With 54 people hospitalized in the last 24 hours, there are now 3,027 patients in the ward, while patients in intensive care units are 483, two less than on Saturday.
According to the DGS bulletin, there are 297,233 people recovered from the disease, plus 2,419 in the last 24 hours. In total, there are 70,754 active cases of the disease, 844 more than those reported on Saturday. Surveillance contacts increased from 3,088 to 82591.
The fatalities were over 60 years old.
Most of the fatalities are elderly, of which 49 (23 men and 26 women) were over 80 years old, 69% of the daily total, a percentage higher than the total average for this step, which represents 67% of the total. deaths since the beginning of the pandemic, represented by 4140 lives lost, 1890 in men and 2250 in women.
On a day with no fatalities under 60 years of age, the group aged 70 to 79 registered 16 deaths, 10 men and six women, approximately 22% of the daily total, slightly above 20% of the total average, which represents the death of 1,249 people in this age group: 779 men and 470 women.
The other six deaths reported this Sunday were between 60 and 69 years old, two men and four women, which is equivalent to 8% of the daily total, a percentage similar to the global one, represented by the loss of 511 lives since the beginning of the pandemic in this age group. (365 men and 146 women).
On the second day with fewer than 80 deaths in a week, the Northern Region (RN) reported 25 deaths, the lowest figure since November 21, when 24 deaths were recorded in the northernmost part of the country, which has recorded , so far, 2,898 deaths (47% of the national total of 6,134).
The Lisbon and Tagus Valley Region (LVT) also registered a decrease in the number of victims, to 22, the lowest number in the last 11 days. In total, it has lost 2,113 lives since the pandemic began (34% of the total).
The Central Region stands out from the declines in the most affected areas of the country, North and LVT, by doubling the number of deaths, from Saturday 10 to 21 this Sunday. In total, 866 souls from the region have been taken since the start of the pandemic, 14% of the total.
The fatality record in the last 24 hours is completed with the record of two fatalities in Alentejo, as many as on Saturday, with a total of 164.
In a day with no deaths reported on the islands, with 21 remaining in the Azores and eight in Madeira, the Algarve reported another fatality. There are now 64 lives lost in the southernmost region of the mainland.
Sunday with fewer cases since November 1
The 3,334 confirmed cases in the last 24 hours represent a decrease of 501 infections compared to Saturday and make up Sunday with fewer records of the disease since November 1, a month that would end with more than 150 thousand reported infections, more than double that of October . December will have, on the 20th, 76060 official notifications of the disease associated with SARS-CoV-2.
The Northern Region (RN) accumulated another 1,505 cases (45% of the daily total), in line with the record of Saturday (1,489), the Sunday with the fewest infections registered since October 25. The accumulated in the northernmost part of the country goes to 194052, which corresponds to 51% of the national total, since the pandemic entered the country.
The second most affected region at the national level, with 120,724 infections (32% of the national total), Lisbon and the Tagus Valley, registered, this Sunday, 979 cases, the lowest figure in the last five days, which corresponds to 29% of the total. daily.
In the center, the accounts, with different figures, are made in the same way. The 543 cases on Sunday represent the lowest number in the last five days, although slightly above the 520 registered last Sunday. In general, the Central Region (CR) has already reported 40,891 infections, which corresponds to 12% of the national total.
The Alentejo remained, for the third consecutive day with records of the order of 200 cases, registering 206, which follows 256 on Saturday and 195 on Friday. This figure is more than double that of last Sunday (145), and the total count now exceeds nine thousand cases (2.7% of the national total).
In the Algarve, the figures remain at 60 cases for the fifth consecutive day. With the 63 reported infections, the municipalities in the extreme south of Portugal accumulate 6,589 cases since the beginning of the pandemic, less than 2% of the national total.
In the islands, the highlight is the decline in the number of cases in the Azores, to seven, the lowest record since November 16, with the cumulative figure, now, at 1558.
By contrast, Madeira recorded the seventh consecutive day with double-digit numbers, 31, after Saturday 36. In total, the “Pearl of the Atlantic” has reported 1,239 infections since the start of the pandemic.
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