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The case diagnosed on the island of Pico refers to a 10-month-old baby, the son of one of the positive cases recently detected, who attends a nursery.
The Municipal Sanitary Authority determined the isolation and prophylactic tests of children of the same class, as well as of the establishment’s employees, to deepen the epidemiological investigation and contain the possible spread and spread of the virus.
The three cases diagnosed on the island of La Graciosa correspond to two girls, ages 3 and 14, and a 47-year-old man, belonging to a household that already has a positive Covid-19 case.
The case detected on the island of Santa María informs a 30-year-old woman, who landed in the Region from an air connection with the mainland, who performed a detection test for the SARS-CoV-2 virus before boarding. with a negative result and who was diagnosed with Covid-19 in the detection test carried out from the sixth day.
The case diagnosed on the island of São Miguel refers to a 66-year-old woman, close contact with a high risk of one of the newly diagnosed positive cases.
Thus, so far, 288 cases of infection by the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes the disease Covid-19, have been detected in the Region, with 66 currently active positive cases, of which 46 on the island from São Miguel, nine on Terceira Island, six on Pico Island, four on Graciosa Island and one on Santa María Island.
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