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In the last 24 hours, Portugal registered 79 more deaths and 4,935 new cases of contagion by the new coronavirus, according to the bulletin of the General Directorate of Health this Friday.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, 4,803 people out of 312,533 confirmed cases of infection have died in Portugal. Another 5,020 patients were considered recovered, now numbering 234,038. 73,712 cases are active today, 164 fewer than Thursday.
There are at least 35 patients admitted to the ward, totaling 3,295. In the Intensive Care Units, another patient was hospitalized in the last 24 hours, totaling 526.
Data on the epidemiological situation in Portugal indicate that the number of new cases registered today (4,935) is the highest since November 27, the day on which 5,444 new infections were reported by SARS-CoV-2, which causes the disease. covid-19. .
Health authorities have 77,643 contacts under surveillance, 345 less than Thursday.
Of the 79 deaths registered in the last 24 hours, 45 occurred in the North region, 15 in the Lisbon and Vale do Tejo region, 14 in the Center region and one in the Autonomous Region of the Azores.
Data by region
According to the DGS bulletin, the region North It is the one that registers the highest number of new SARS-CoV-2 infections in the last 24 hours (2,577), totaling 164,463 cases and 2,300 deaths since March.
In the region of Lisbon and Tagus Valley 1,508 new cases have been reported, with 102,468 cases of infection and 1,686 deaths so far.
In the region Center there were 626 more cases of covid-19, out of a total of 31,496 and 621 deaths since March.
I’m already on it Alentejo111 more cases were reported, more than double what was observed on Thursday, the day in which 54 new infections were registered, totaling 6,537 cases and 122 deaths since the epidemic began in Portugal.
The region of Algarve Today 73 new cases have been reported, more than double the number of infections compared to the previous day (31 cases), totaling 5,529 cases and 54 deaths.
In the Autonomous Community of Azores 26 new cases were registered in the last 24 hours, totaling 1,122 infections detected and 18 deaths since the start of the pandemic.
A Madeira registered 14 new cases, a number that tripled compared to Thursday, in which four new infections were reported. Since March, the autonomous community has recorded 938 infections and two deaths.
Gender and age group
Confirmed cases are distributed in all age groups, with the highest number of infections between 20 and 59 years.
The new coronavirus has already infected at least 137,817 men and 169,459 women in Portugal, according to DGS data, according to which there are 5,277 cases of unknown sex, which are under investigation, since these data are provided automatically.
Of the total fatalities, 2,502 were men and 2,301 women.
The highest number of deaths is still concentrated in people over 80 years of age.
The Parliament debates and votes today the draft decree of the President of the Republic that provides for the extension of the state of emergency in Portugal until January 7 to allow measures to contain the covid-19.
The decree is approved with the votes of the PS and the PSD, which together make up more than two-thirds of the deputies.
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa sent the Assembly of the Republic on Thursday afternoon to draft decree renewing the state of emergency from December 9 to 23, but announced a new renewal until January 7, 2021.
Circulation between municipalities in the continental territory is prohibited between 11 p.m. on Friday and 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, with 10 exceptions to the measure provided for in the state of emergency.
This prohibition had already been applied last week, between Friday, November 27 and the early hours of Wednesday, December 2.
Portugal is in a state of emergency from November 9 to December 8, a period during which there is a mandatory curfew in counties with the highest risk of contagion.
During the week, the curfew must be respected between 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m., while on weekends and holidays, circulation is limited between 1:00 p.m. on Saturday and 5:00 a.m. on Sunday, and between 13:00 on Sundays and 05:00 on Mondays.
The Government presented the national vaccination plan against covid-19 on Thursday.
The Executive estimates that the global amount spent on vaccines against Covid-19 could reach 200 million euros in Portugal. As for doses, more than 22 million may be needed.
More than 1.5 million deaths and 64.7 million cases worldwide
The covid-19 pandemic caused at least 1,500,038 deaths as a result of more than 64.7 million cases of infection worldwide, according to a report by the French agency AFP.
The countries that registered the highest number of new deaths are the United States, Mexico and Italy.
Among the most affected countries, Belgium has the highest number of deaths relative to its population, followed by Peru, Spain and Italy.
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