Covid-19 | ACES Médio Tejo with 77 new cases, most in nursing homes (with audio)



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The Association of Health Centers (ACES) of Médio Tejo registered 77 new cases of contagion by the new coronavirus in the last 24 hours, along with 248 people recovered from the disease. The new cases registered on the daily ACES map are in Ourém (+36), Alcanena (+14), Torres Novas (+8), Abrantes (+5), Sardoal (+4), Entroncamento (+4), Take (+3), Vila Nova da Barquinha (+2) and Mação (+1).

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The delegate of Public Health, Maria dos Anjos Esperança, reported this Tuesday the entry of several municipalities in the region in the list of municipalities with high, very high and maximum risk, related to the accounting data of new cases in the period from 06 to November 19th. The new list will be for the period of the next 14 days, with the counting of cases starting on November 20, he said.


In the 11 counties of the region, with a total of 2756 cases since the start of the pandemic, Ourém registers 718 confirmed infections (+36), followed by Tomar, with 413 (+3), Abrantes, with 412 (+5) , Torres Novas, with 349 (+8), Entroncamento, with 347 (+4), Alcanena, with 276 (+14), Mação, with 67 (+1), Sardoal, with 48 (+4), Constância, with 45, Vila Nova da Barquinha, with 42 (+2), and Ferreira do Zêzere, with 39 accumulated cases.

At ACES Médio Tejo, 945 people are currently under active surveillance (+35). Ourém has 204 citizens in this condition, followed by Tomar (199), Alcanena (104), Torres Novas (98), Abrantes (89), Entroncamento (86), Sardoal (43), Mação (40), Vila Nova da Barquinha (32), Constância (25) and Ferreira do Zêzere (25).

This ACES registers a cumulative total of 2,756 infected (+77), 1,465 recovered (+248), 945 people on active surveillance (+35) and 39 deaths (with data not yet updated by ACES).

ACES PIS with 10 active cases in Sertã and 1 in Vila de Rei

In ACES do Pinhal Interior Sul (PIS), the municipality of Sertã today has a cumulative total of 79 infected people, 69 of whom have already recovered from the disease, according to ACES PIS. Sertã has 10 active cases and 31 people under active surveillance.

Vila de Rei, in turn, has had a total of 7 cases of contagion since the start of the pandemic, one of which is still active and six people have recovered, ACES PIS reported. Today there were 22 people under active surveillance in this municipality.

Middle Tagus region with a total of 2,843 confirmed cases in the 13 municipalities

With about 250 thousand inhabitants, the 13 municipalities of the Middle Tagus add up to a total of 2,843 cases (+77) confirmed of contagion by the new coronavirus, of which 2,756 in ACES Médio Tejo and 86 in ACES Pinhal Interior Sul (79 in Sertã and 7 in Vila de Rei). There are a total of 1,540 people recovered (1,465 in ACES Médio Tejo, 69 in Sertã and 6 in Vila de Rei (ACES PIS) and 34 deaths.

ACES Médio Tejo 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 kilometers.

The municipalities of Sertã and Vila de Rei are part of the Intermunicipal Community (CIM) of the Middle Tagus in the political-administrative division, but in terms of health, they are linked to ACES do Pinhal Interior Sul (PIS), which also covers the municipalities of Proença-a- Nova and Oleiros, in a total of about 30 thousand users.

Ponte de Sor with 19 active cases, Gavião today has 30 active cases

In Alto Alentejo, Ponte de Sor accumulates today a total of 84 accumulated positive cases since the beginning 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. The municipality only mentions the occurrence of 79 cases, of which 60 are recovered and 18 are active. There is a death to regret. Ponte de Sor is included in the list of municipalities with a high risk of transmission of covid-19, subject to more restrictive measures, such as curfews.

Gavião, in turn, today has an accumulated 46 cases of covid (+9), of which 16 people have already recovered from the disease. An outbreak in the home of Santa Casa worries the health authorities, with seven users and 13 positive employees at the institution today, to which another 5 cases are added, all in the relatives of the home professionals. There are 30 active cases in the municipality and no deaths are recorded. Gavião is included in the list of municipalities with a high risk of transmission of covid-19, subject to more restrictive measures, such as curfews.

Lezíria region with 3,380 cases since the start of the pandemic

Lezíria do Tejo today has 108 new cases, 76 recovered patients and a cumulative total of 3,380 patients, of which 1,218 cases in the municipality of Santarém, according to data from the Regional Network. Today, Chamusca has a total of 130 confirmed cases (+7), including four deaths, and Golegã records 56 infections (+1) and one death.

The Lezíria region has accumulated 84 deaths, 31 of which in Santarém, and 2,611 people recovered from the disease (+76).

Santarém district with a total of 6136 cases and 123 deaths

The Santarém district accumulates a total of 6136 confirmed cases of disease (3380 in Lezíria do Tejo and 2756 in ACES Médio Tejo), and a total of 123 deaths (84 in Lezíria and 39 in ACES Médio Tejo). Lezíria has a total of 2,611 recovered and ACES Médio Tejo has 1,465, which gives a total of 4,076 people recovered from the disease.

Portugal has exceeded 4,000 deaths since the start of the pandemic

Portugal today exceeded 4,000 deaths related to covid-19, accounting for 85 more deaths in the last 24 hours and 3,919 new cases of infection by the new coronavirus, according to the General Directorate of Health (DGS).

Since the start of the pandemic, Portugal has registered 4,056 deaths and 268,721 cases of infection by the new coronavirus, with 80,432 cases already active, 3,572 less than on Monday.

The bulletin also notes that health authorities have 82,160 contacts under surveillance, 135 more than on Monday, and that 7,406 patients were reported to have recovered in the last 24 hours.

Of the 85 deaths registered in the last 24 hours, 50 occurred in the North, 20 in the Lisbon and Vale do Tejo region, 12 in the Center region and three in Alentejo. Regarding hospitalizations, Portugal today exceeded 500 hospitalizations in intensive care units for people diagnosed with Covid-19, having also increased to 3,275 hospitalizations in the ward (34 more since Monday).

Intensive care patients have been on the rise since September 7, when 49 people were in these units. Today there are 506 people in these units, eight more than on Monday.

In the bulletin, the General Directorate of Health indicates that on November 16 an update of the data analysis technology system of SINAVE (National Epidemiological Surveillance System) was carried out, updating the accumulated number of confirmed and recovered cases to that date. .

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 118,649 men and 145,191 women in Portugal, according to reported cases.

Today’s bulletin indicates that there are 4,881 confirmed cases of unknown genders that are under investigation, as this data is not automatically released. Of the total deaths, 2,095 were men and 1,961 women. The highest number of deaths is still concentrated in people over 80 years of age.

The covid-19 pandemic caused at least 1,397,322 deaths as a result of more than 59.2 million cases of infection worldwide, according to a report by the French agency AFP.

The disease is transmitted by a new coronavirus detected in late December 2019 in Wuhan, a city in central China.

c / LUSA

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