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In the last 24 hours, Portugal registered 854 additional new cases of covid-19 and six deaths, according to the epidemiological bulletin of the General Directorate of Health (DGS), published this Thursday (October 1).
The epidemiological bulletin of the General Directorate of Health indicates that there are 25,482 active cases of covid-19 in Portugal, 441 more than on Wednesday. It is the highest number since the beginning of the pandemic.
The DGS indicates that of the six deaths registered, five occurred in the Lisbon and Vale do Tejo region, where the highest number of infections is also found, and one in the North region.
Regarding hospital admissions, the bulletin reveals that 682 people are hospitalized (16 more compared to Wednesday). In intensive care there are 107 people (two more).
Azores expands state of public calamity
Also today it was learned that the The regional government of the Azores decided to prolong the situation of public calamity due to covid-19 in Santa María, São Miguel, Terceira, Pico and Faial until October 15, keeping Graciosa, São Jorge, Flores and Corvo on alert.
The decision, applied until midnight on October 15, was taken at an extraordinary meeting of the Governing Council held on Wednesday by videoconference.
In the statement released, the socialist executive explains that the situations continue in view of “the evolution of the pandemic situation at a global level, and taking into account the air connections from abroad to the islands of Santa María, São Miguel, Terceira, Pico and Faial “, so” the extension of the declaration of the situation of public calamity in these islands, as well as the extension of the alert situation in the islands of Graciosa, São Jorge, Flores and Corvo “is still justified.
Archipelago with two new cases in the last 24 hours
The Azores registered two new positive cases of covid-19 in the last 24 hours, detected after 1,125 analyzes carried out in the two reference laboratories in the region.
One case refers to Terceira Island and the other to Santa María, advances today’s statement from the Regional Health Authority, which also covers the recovery of a 59-year-old woman on the island of Terceira, bringing the number of recovered cases of covid-19 in the Azores to 185.
The case diagnosed in Terceira Island refers to a 33-year-old man, “non-resident, who has been in prophylactic isolation since he was identified as a high-risk close contact of a previously detected positive case, having performed a screening test for the SARS virus “. -CoV-2 after the appearance of symptoms ”, reports said entity.
The case diagnosed on Santa María Island corresponds to a 66-year-old man, “resident, who has also been in prophylactic isolation since his identification as a close contact with high risk of a previously diagnosed positive case, who obtained a positive result on the screen for the SARS-CoV-2 virus “.
According to the Health Authority of the Azores, these new “cases present a stable clinical situation, having already been carried out by the municipal health delegations, the procedures defined for confirmed cases, tests and surveillance of close contacts, as well as all those inherent to the subsequent epidemiological investigation “.
So far, 306 cases of infection with the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which causes the covid-19 disease, have been detected in the region.
There are currently 72 active positive cases in the region, of which 46 in São Miguel, 11 in Terceira, four in Graciosa, five in Pico, three in Faial, one in São Jorge and two on the island of Santa María.
Since the start of the pandemic there have been 16 deaths related to covid-19, all in São Miguel.
This Saturday the first game of the I League is played with the public
It is in the Azores where the first match of the I League will take place on Saturday with an audience in the stands. This Thursday the sanitary regulations that will be in force during Santa Clara – Gil Vicente were announced, counting for the third day.
In the first professional game to have an audience this season in Portugall, the sympathizers will be separated five places, even if they live together.
“There will be mandatory occupation of the seat identified on the ticket, even among cohabitants. The available seats will be duly signposted, by means of the ‘do not sit’ sign and there will be five chairs between each occupied seat ”, said Rui Cordeiro, president of Santa Clara, at a press conference at the São Miguel stadium.
This game is part of the first of the three phases of the Portuguese Professional Football League (LPFP) plan for the return of the public to the stadiums.
The executive director of the LPF, Sónia Carneiro, said at a press conference at the Estadio Cidade de Coimbra that the plan, subject to the evolution of the covid-19 pandemic, involves several pilot tests, divided into three phases, in a process “that I want evolutionary “.
The first phase, which starts next Saturday with the Santa Clara-Gil Vicente match, with the possibility of registering an attendance of 1,000 people, in a stadium with capacity for 10,000 spectators.
In a second phase, LPFP intends to serve a maximum of 2,500 people, without occupying 20% of the stadium’s capacity, and in a third phase, 5,000 people without exceeding a 30% occupation of the stadium.
“After these pilot tests, the goal is to occupy at least 30% of the seats in all stadiums”, Sónia Carneiro highlighted.
More than 34 million infected worldwide since the pandemic began
At least 34,041,560 people have been infected worldwide with the new coronavirus since it was discovered in December in China, indicates a balance at 11:00 TMG (12:00 in Lisbon) from the agency France-Presse.
The death toll in the same period was 1,018,634 and at least 23,506,700 people are considered cured, according to AFP.
In the last 24 hours there were 6,206 deaths and 304,965 new cases of covid-19. The countries that registered the most deaths on the last day were India (1,181), Brazil (1,031) and the United States (964).
The United States is the most affected country, both in terms of deaths and cases, with a total of 206,959 deaths out of 7,233,946 cases, according to the Johns Hopkins University balance sheet. At least 2,840,688 people have been declared cured.
After the United States, the most affected countries are Brazil with 143,952 deaths in 4,810,935 cases, India with 98,678 deaths (6,312,584 cases), Mexico with 77,646 deaths (743,216 infected) and the United Kingdom with 42,143 deaths (453,264 cases).
With Lusa.
