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The municipality of Ponte de Lima now registers 17 more confirmed cases of contagion by the new coronavirus in 48 hours, O MINHO reported to the Local Health Unit of Alto Minho (ULSAM). There is another death to mourn, a user of Lar Nossa Senhora da Conceição (Casa da Caridade).
According to the ULSAM report, the municipality went from 145 cases disclosed last Monday, at 7:00 p.m., to 162 registered at 7:00 p.m. this Wednesday.
There have been five deaths since the start of the pandemic, plus one in the last 48 hours.
The number of recovered people went from 136 to 137, that is, there is only one more infected that has been cured.
In total, since the start of the pandemic, Ponte de Lima has registered 304 cases, 18 more than on Monday.
Agostinho Freitas, president of the Casa da Caridade management, confirmed to O MINHO that the death registered in the municipality was of a user of that home.
“She was a woman of about 85 years old, in poor health. He died yesterday and it was confirmed that it was a covid-19, “he told our newspaper.
It is the only death registered in that home from covid-19 since the start of the pandemic.
“There was a death a few days ago in another house, in Refóios, but it was not due to the covid,” he said.
Agostinho Freitas indicated that all users and employees were tested during the day and that tomorrow, “in principle”, new tests will be known.
It should be remembered that the Lar da Nossa Senhora da Conceição registered 72 positive cases among users and employees.
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