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Here we follow all developments in the pandemic on an international scale.
7:52 am – New numbers in Germany
The number of confirmed infections with the novocorona virus in German soil increased from 2,537 to 123,016, according to data from the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases.
It is the third day of rest, after a succession of four days of increase in the number.
The death toll in Germany is 2,799.
7:45 am – More than 1,500 dead in 24 hours in the US USA
The United States recorded an additional 1,514 deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 victims in that country to 22,020, according to a report by Johns Hopkins University.
Sunday was the second day in a row of declining deaths from the disease caused by the new coronavirus in North American territory, after the same university recorded, in the count that reports daily, 1920 deaths on Saturday and 2108 on Friday.
The United States is currently the country most affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, with more than 555,000 confirmed cases.
7:00 am – State of play
According to the last bulletin of the General Directorate of Health, known on Sunday, 34 more people died with Covid-19 in Portugal. There are 504 fatal cases of infection.Of the total deaths from the new coronavirus, nine were registered in the national integrated continuous care network.
The case fatality rate rose and reached three percent for the first time.
Of the 34 most recent deaths, 25 were over the age of 80. In the age group over 70 years, the death rate from the disease is 10.9 percent.
The total number of infected people is 16,585. On Sunday, during the press conference on the advance of the pandemic in Portuguese territory, the Minister of Health, Marta Temido, said that a standard for the widespread use of masks was being finalized. And there is a new attraction for this to happen from the Independent Medical Association.
A survey by the Catholic University for RTP and the newspaper. Audience revealed that 87 percent of respondents believe that the SARS-CoV-2 virus is very dangerous for everyone.
Detention for disobedience
In Portugal, 117 people have already been arrested for disobedience, a figure reached until 17:00 on Sunday.
Twenty-eight did not respect the obligation of containment and are cases of people infected with coronavirus or suspected of having the disease.
Four were arrested for leaving the municipality where they live without reason, another 11 for having open establishments, six for resistance and 13 for violation of the Ovar health fence.
These are just some examples.
Prisoners released
Meanwhile, 485 prisoners have been released across the country. The number was confirmed to RTP by a source from the General Directorate of Penitentiary Services.
Release orders began yesterday to reach the jails. Those who were already released were serving sentences of up to two years or the last two years in prison.
The process continues this Monday.
International framework
The British Prime Minister has already left the London hospital that treated him. Boris Johnson spent a week in the hospital with Covid-19 and, in the end, thanked the UK public health service, in particular a Portuguese nurse who accompanied him for 48 hours in intensive care.
The President of the Republic has already thanked nurse Luís Pitarma.
In a message published on the Presidency portal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa mentions the special recognition presented by Boris Johnson to the Porto nurse.
The Head of State also appreciated the efforts of all Portuguese health professionals who, in Portugal and around the world, are helping to combat the pandemic.
The President also left a word of encouragement to professionals of other nationalities who, reinforcing the National Health Service, provide services in Portugal.
In Italy, mortality fell again. In 24 hours, some 430 people died. It is the lowest number for three weeks.
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte extended the isolation until May 3. Some stores will reopen. But schools will remain closed.
In Lombardy, the isolation will continue until early May. It is the Italian region most affected by the pandemic and officials fear it is too early to lift the restrictions.
Italy reports a total of around 20,000 deaths.
The United States, on the other hand, became the country with the highest death toll from the pandemic by overtaking Italy on Sunday.
Contagion in Spain has slowed again. For the first time, the contagion rate was less than three percent.
The Covid-19 pandemic has already claimed more than 112,000 deaths and infected more than 1.8 million people in 193 countries and territories.
After appearing in Wuhan, China in December, the new coronavirus spread worldwide.
