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On Wednesday, November 28, the maximum number of patients with Covid-19 hospitalized in intensive care units (ICU) in Portugal must be exceeded, reaching 271. In the next week, specifically on November 4, the number will also be reached. maximum number of people admitted to the infirmary: 2,634 (444 in ICU), according to calculations of the National Institute of Health Doutor Ricardo Jorge, the General Directorate of Health (DGS) and the Higher Technical Institute.
The Minister of Health explained this Monday that, in the week of October 12 to 18 (two weeks ago), the maximums of new daily cases of contagion were exceeded in almost all age groups. Thus, given the fragility of the elderly – over 85 years of age – an increase in hospitalizations is expected, to which the National Health Service (SNS) will still be able to respond, but with “complexity” and adjustments.
“As in most European countries, the transmission is occurring at a worrying level. The seven-day incidence rate is now 187.4 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants and the 14-day incidence rate is 323 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants ”, said Marta Temido at a press conference on the capacity of the NHS to respond to the pandemic.
The minister also revealed that the average value of the transferability index (Rt) in the last five days – October 17 to 21 – was 1.21. “In the last 14 days, Portugal registered a cumulative rate of 23 deaths from Covid-19 per million inhabitants,” he added, in statements to journalists.
“There is no time to lose and it is necessary for each one to do what is in their power to stop the transmission of the infection” – Marta Temido
Ability to respond to voltage spikes in NHS general hospitals (Beds)
| Total beds | ARS North | ARS Center | ARS Lisboa and Tagus Valley | ARS Alentejo | ARS Algarve | National total |
| Kindergarten | 5,489 | 3,786 | 6,330 | 802 | 818 | 17,225 |
| FIA | 405 | 97 | 278 | 40 | 32 | 852 |
| Total | 5,894 | 3,883 | 6,608 | 842 | 850 | 18,077 |
Source: Ministry of Health.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, Portugal has registered a total of 121,133 confirmed cases of Covid-19. In the last 24 hours alone, 2,447 more infections were recorded, according to the DGS’s most recent epidemiological bulletin released in the early afternoon. The number of deaths from the new coronavirus in the country increased to 2,343, and between yesterday and today there are 27 more deaths to regret.
The number of hospital patients also continues to rise. There are 1,672 people with Covid-19 admitted to Portuguese hospital units (98 more from yesterday to today), of which 240 are in the ICU. Even so, the number of people recovered also follows an upward trend: of the 69,956 cases recovered, 1,079 were registered this Monday.
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