Portugal registers more than 2,535 infected and 16 deaths

Portugal added, in the last 24 hours, 2,535 infected for the new coronavirusand 16 deaths associated with COVID-19-19, reveals the epidemiological bulletin of Direction-General Health this Wednesday. Is about an increase of 2.44% in relation to new infections and 0.72% in relation to Deceased.

In total, since the beginning of pandemic, the country has 106,271 positive cases of the disease and 2,229 deaths, having currently 40,804 cases active illness, 1,179 more than the previous day.

Also according to DGS this Wednesday, 1,340 more people recovered from COVID-19-19 in the last 24 hours, with a total cured in 63,238.

Regarding the number of hospitalized patients, Today there are 35 more people hospitalized (the total is 1,272), of which 187 are in intensive care units, plus 11 that yesterday.

With respect to DeceasedIt should be noted that although Lisbon is the region with the most victims (eight) in the last 24 hours, all regions of the continental territory report deaths today: North region four; Central region two; and, Alentejo and Algarve, both with a death.

By regions, the North is still the most affected, with more than 1,379 new cases, totaling 42,921 infections since the beginning of the pandemic in the country, and four deaths registered in the last hours (980 in total). Follow Lisbon region and Tagus Valley that today has 863 more infections, with a total of 49,459 and eight more deaths (898).

Not Center in the country, there are more than 197 cases (8,743 in total) and two Deceased in the last hours while I was in the Alentejo 50 more were identified infections (2,163) and one fatality (30 in total), and further south, the Algarve today it has 41 new cases (2,307) and one death, totaling 23 deaths since the beginning of pandemic In Portugal.

As for the islands, the archipelago of Azores Today it reports another case, totaling 329 infections, and does not register changes in the number of Deceased, remaining at 15. Regarding the Madeira, has this Wednesday with four more positive cases, increasing the total to 349, and has not yet registered any deaths.

The country, which is in a state of calamity due to the “serious evolution”, this week surpassed the barrier of 100 thousand infected since the beginning of March, being in a worsening phase pandemic.

Last week, Health Minister Marta Temido anticipated that the number of daily infections would soon reach 3,000.

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