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Portugal registered ten more deaths and 904 cases of infection, representing an increase of 1.2%. In total, the country has recorded 2005 deaths and 79,151 infections since the start of the pandemic.
It is the worst weekend of the pandemic for new cases, with a total of 1,867 cases of infection. So far, the worst weekend of the pandemic in Portugal was March 28 and 29, when 1,694 new cases were registered in two days.
Of the 1867 cases registered during the weekend, 1608 (around 86.1%) were registered in the North (678) and Lisbon and Vale do Tejo (930) regions.
The data published by the General Directorate of Health this Sunday also indicates that 490 new cases (54%) were registered in the North region and 316 new cases (35%) in the Lisbon region and the Tagus Valley.
Another 362 people recovered from the disease compared to the previous day, bringing the total to 50,207. To date there are 26,939 active cases (532 more than on Saturday), a figure obtained after subtracting the number of recovered and deceased from the total number of infections.
682 people are hospitalized (14 more than Saturday), 105 of whom are in intensive care units (less one).
The age group most affected in terms of deaths is that of people over 80, with five fatalities identified this Sunday belonging to this risk group (one man and four women). Of the total registered deaths, 66.8% are over 80 years of age.
The region of the country most affected by the pandemic continues to be the Lisbon region and the Tagus Valley, which has the highest accumulated number of cases: 40,244 infections. North follows, with 28,584 cases; the Center, with 6423 cases; the Algarve, with 1807 cases; and Alentejo with 1566 cases. The Azores have 284 cases of infection and Madeira has registered 243 so far.
The North is the region with the highest number of deaths from covid-19: a total of 893 since the start of the pandemic. Lisbon and the Tagus Valley registered 789 deaths until Sunday.
