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Portugal registered 69 more deaths from covid-19 and 6,994 cases of infection. This is the largest daily increase in infections since the start of the pandemic, surpassing the maximum recorded on November 13 (6653). In total, the country has 3,701 deaths and 243,009 infections.
3017 people are hospitalized (34 fewer), of which 458 are in intensive care units (26 more). This is, again, the maximum number of patients hospitalized in intensive care in Portugal.
Another 4,222 people recovered, bringing the total to 157,924. There are more than 2,703 active cases, for a total of 81,384. This figure results from the subtraction of recovered persons and deaths from the total number of infections. The data were disseminated in the daily update of the epidemiological bulletin of the General Health Directorate (DGS), with information from the previous day.
Of the new cases, 4,415 (63%) were identified in the North, where 29 people died on the last day. In the Lisbon and Vale do Tejo region, 1,542 new cases (22%) were registered and there were 24 deaths. 12 people died in the Center, three in the Algarve and one in the Alentejo.
The overall fatality rate in Portugal is 1.5%. Of the people who died with covid-19 in the country, 3,237 were over 70 years old (about 87.5%). It was in these age groups that most of the people died on the last day: ten men and six women between the ages of 70 and 79; 25 men and 18 women over 80 years of age. Two men and four women between 60 and 69 years old, two men between 50 and 59 years old and two men between 40 and 49 years old died.
In terms of data by region, the North has the highest number of infection cases: 124,572. It is followed by Lisbon and Vale do Tejo (84,800), Centro (22,921, plus 724), Alentejo (4825, plus 145) and the Algarve (4459, plus 102). Madeira has 748 infections (26 more) and the Azores 684 (40 more).
The highest number of deaths from covid-19 occurred in the north: 1726. It was followed by Lisbon and Vale do Tejo (1363), Centro (466), Alentejo (89), Algarve (40), Azores (15) and Madeira (two ). .
