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The Grouping of Health Centers (ACES) of the Middle Tagus registered 27 new cases of infection by the new coronavirus in the last 24 hours, being the same registered in Torres Novas (+8), Ourém (+4), Tomar (+4 ), Entroncamento (+4), Abrantes (+2), Alcanena (+2), Mação (+1), Ferreira do Zêzere (+1), Sardoal (+1) and Mação (+1). There are another 402 people who have recovered from the disease and two more deaths in Alcanena, related to the outbreak that is taking place in a Home in Minde. Gavião also has one more death, on a day when Portugal surpassed 5,000 deaths related to the covid-19 pandemic.
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The Delegate of Public Health of the Association of Health Centers (ACES) of the Middle Tagus, Maria dos Anjos Esperança, reported this Sunday the evolution of the number of deaths to 89 (today 91) and that they result from an update of the numbers in the region. Today there are two more dead to cry in Minde, Alcanena. The deaths are mainly related to the outbreaks in houses in Alcanena, Abrantes, Ourém and Tomar, and this is mainly the result of this increase in the number of deaths in the Middle Tagus, according to the official.
Abrantes is the municipality with the highest mortality rate, with a total of 24 deaths, followed by Alcanena, with 20, and Torres Novas, with 13. Ourém has registered 10 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic, and Entroncamento and Tomar add up to 9. There are still a total of six (6) deaths divided by the municipalities of Constância, Sardoal, Mação, Ferreira do Zêzere and Vila Nova da Barquinha, all of which were less than three (3) deaths, said Maria dos Anjos Esperança.
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The fatality rate in the ACES Médio Tejo region is currently 2.7%, higher than the national average (1.6%) and the ARS of Lisbon and Vale do Tejo (1.6%).
In the 11 counties of the region, with a total of 3,400 cases since the beginning of the pandemic, Ourém registers 864 confirmed infections (+4), followed by Tomar 524 (+4), Abrantes with 503 (+2), Torres Novas with 472 (+8), Entroncamento, with 385 (+4), Alcanena, with 343 (+2), Mação, with 86 (+1), Vila Nova da Barquinha, with 63, Sardoal, with 61 (+1) , Constância, with 52, and Ferreira do Zêzere, with 47 accumulated cases (+1).
Today, ACES Médio Tejo has 541 people under active surveillance (-53). Tomar has 133 citizens in this condition, followed by Ourém (118), Torres Novas (78), Abrantes (61), Entroncamento (58), Vila Nova da Barquinha (40), Alcanena (33), Mação (12), Ferreira do Zêzere (4), Constância (2) and Sardoal (2).
ACES Médio Tejo registers a cumulative total of 3,400 infected (+27), 2,165 recovered (+402), 541 people in active surveillance (-53) and 91 deaths (+2).
Risk map for today and in effect until 00:00 hours on December 9
Sertã has a total of 111 cases and Vila de Rei with 9 since the start of the pandemic
In ACES do Pinhal Interior Sul (PIS), the municipality of Sertã today has a cumulative total of 111 infected people, of which 85 recovered from the disease (+5), according to ACES PIS. Sertã has 26 active cases and 85 people under surveillance.
Vila de Rei, for its part, has had a total of 9 cases of contagion since the beginning of the pandemic, two of which are still active and seven people have recovered, according to ACES PIS. Today there are 6 people under active surveillance in this municipality.
Middle Tagus region with a total of 3,520 confirmed cases in the 13 municipalities
With about 250 thousand inhabitants, the 13 municipalities of the Middle Tagus add up to a total of 3,520 cases (+27) confirmed of contagion by the new coronavirus, of which 3,400 in ACES Médio Tejo and 120 in ACES Pinhal Interior Sul (111 in Sertã and 9 in Vila de Rei). There are a total of 2,257 people recovered (2,165 in ACES Médio Tejo, 85 in Sertã and 7 in Vila de Rei (ACES PIS) and 91 deaths.
OR ACES Medium Yew covers the territorial area of 11 municipalities with approximately 235 thousand users, and covers the health units of Abrantes, Alcanena, Constância, Entroncamento, Ferreira do Zêzere, Mação, Ourém, Sardoal, Tomar, Torres Novas and Vila nova da Barquinha, in a territorial area of 2,706.10 square km.
The municipalities of Sertã and Vila de Rei are part of the Inter-municipal Community (CIM) of the Middle Tagus in the political-administrative division, but in terms of Health they are linked to the ACES do Pinhal Interior Sul (PIS) that also covers the municipalities of Proença-a-Nova and Oleiros, with a total of about 30 thousand users.
Comparative map of the evolution of the risk map in the region
The municipalities of the Middle Yew with positive evolution decrease or maintain risk levels. Only Mação and Sardoal go up.
The new national risk map was announced on Saturday. The current state of emergency began on November 24 and ends at 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, December 8. This renewal comes into effect at 00:00 on Wednesday, December 9, with the restrictive measures associated with it.
Ponte de Sor registers 3 new cases and Gavião another death
In Alto Alentejo, Ponte de Sor accumulates today a cumulative total of 109 (+3) positive cases since the start of the pandemic. At least five of the cases refer to people who do not reside in the municipality and who have not updated their tax residence, so the municipality only reports the occurrence of 104 cases, of which 89 are recovered and 14 are active. There is a death to regret. Ponte de Sor will be added to the list of municipalities with ‘moderate risk’ of transmission of covid-19, thus falling from the ‘high risk’ level in which it was found.
Gavião, in turn, today has a cumulative total of 63 covid cases, of which 17 people have recovered from the disease. There are two deaths to regret (+1). An outbreak at the Santa Casa home worries health officials, with at least 20 users and 16 positive employees confirmed. There are 44 active cases in the county. Gavião joins this Wednesday to the list of municipalities with ‘extremely high risk’ of transmission of covid-19, the maximum level and subject to the most restrictive measures.
Lezíria region with 4,072 cases and 102 deaths since the start of the pandemic
Lezíria do Tejo today presents 18 new cases, 13 recovered patients and a cumulative total of 4,072 patients, of which 1,423 cases in the municipality of Santarém, according to the Regional Network. Chamusca has a total of 184 confirmed cases, including five deaths, and Golegã records 69 infections and two deaths.
The Lezíria region has 102 deaths, 36 of which in Santarém, and 3,434 people recovered from the disease.
Santarém district with a total of 7472 cases and 193 deaths
The Santarém district has a cumulative total of 7,472 confirmed cases of disease (4,072 in Lezíria do Tejo and 3,400 in ACES Médio Tejo), and a total of 193 deaths (102 in Lezíria and 91 in ACES Médio Tejo). Lezíria has a total of 3,434 recovered and ACES Médio Tejo has 2,165, which gives a total of 5,599 people recovered from the disease.
Portugal exceeds five thousand deaths
Portugal today exceeded five thousand deaths related to the covid-19 pandemic, according to the epidemiological bulletin released by the General Directorate of Health. Portugal today adds 78 more deaths related to covid-19 and 2,597 new cases of infection by the new coronavirus. the lowest number of the last week.
As of December 1, 2,401 new cases had been registered. Since the start of the pandemic, Portugal has already registered 5,041 deaths and 325,071 cases of infection by the new coronavirus, with 74,187 active cases today, 269 less than on Sunday.
Regarding hospital admissions, the epidemiological bulletin of the DGS reveals that 3,367 patients are hospitalized (new maximum), 99 more than the previous day, of which 513 are in intensive care, one less than the day before.
Health authorities have 77,498 contacts under surveillance, 78 more than on Sunday, the data shows, pointing to another 2,788 recovered patients. Since the beginning of the epidemic in Portugal in March, 245,843 people have recovered.
Of the 78 deaths registered in the last 24 hours, 38 occurred in the North region, 24 in the Lisbon and Vale do Tejo region, 14 in the Center region and two in Alentejo.
Confirmed cases are distributed in all age groups, with the highest number of infections between 20 and 59 years. Of the total deaths, 2,640 were men and 2,401 women. The highest number of deaths is still concentrated in people over 80 years of age.
The country is in a state of emergency from November 9 to December 23, a period during which there is a mandatory curfew in the 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 covid-19 pandemic caused at least 1,535,987 deaths derived from more than 67 million cases of infection worldwide, according to a report prepared by the French agency AFP.
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