Three new cases of covid-19 in Madeira, all of local transmission – DNOTICIAS.PT



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This Tuesday, Madeira registers three new positive cases of covid-19, all of them of local transmission. “Today there are 3 new positive cases to report, so RAM now counts 616 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the regional territory. These are three cases of local transmission, associated with contacts of previously identified positive cases, ”reports the IASaúde, through the usual epidemiological bulletin.

Today there are 21 more recovered cases to report. “The region now has 472 recovered cases of COVID-19, with 2 deaths associated with COVID-19 that are now registered in RAM,” adds the IASaúde statement.

There are currently 142 active cases, of which 64 are imported cases identified in the context of surveillance activities implemented at the Madeira airport and 78 are cases of local transmission. Regarding the residence of active cases, 50 are non-residents and 92 are RAM residents.

“Until November 17, 2076, notifications of suspected cases of COVID-19 were recorded in RAM, of which 1,460 were not confirmed,” reports IASaúde.

Regarding the isolation of active cases, 33 people are isolated in a dedicated hotel unit, 105 in their own accommodation and 4 people are interned in the Multipurpose Unit dedicated to COVID-19.

Regarding the active surveillance of the contacts of positive cases, “845 people are being monitored by the health authorities of the different municipalities of Madeira and 10 in Porto Santo. Regarding the surveillance of travelers, 8544 people are also being monitored. by the authorities, using the MadeiraSafe application “.

In total, there are 115 new situations that are currently being studied by the health authorities “, 17 of the detection operation implemented at Madeira airport and 98 related to contacts with positive cases (including contacts in schools) or situations reported to the hotline. SRS24 … Epidemiological investigations are ongoing. “

Contacts on the SRS24 line (800 24 24 20) “now total 16,674 calls, plus 142 calls in the last 24 hours.”

In the context of the passenger control operation in the ports and airports of Madeira and Porto Santo, “there is an accumulated total of 107,254 test harvests to be carried out on COVID-19 carried out until 5:30 p.m. today,” adds IASaúde.

In total, the samples processed in the SESARAM, EPERAM Clinical Pathology laboratory for PCR tests amount to 166967.



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