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In Portugal, in the last 24 hours, 16 more people died from the covid-19 pandemic – the highest number of deaths since May 20, when 16 deaths were also reported.
Yesterday more than 1 208 cases of contagion were confirmed (an increase of 1.4% compared to the previous day). According to the epidemiological bulletin of the General Health Directorate (DGS) this Tuesday (October 13), in total, since the pandemic began, 89,121 infected, 54,047 recovered (plus 549), 2,110 deaths in the country.
The 16 new deaths are distributed by Lisbon and the Tagus Valley (ten), the North (five) and the Center (one).
The fatal victims are nine men and seven women. Among these, there were 11 people over 80 years old, four between 70 and 79, one between 60 and 69.
The country’s overall death rate is now 2.37%, reaching 12.7% in the case of people over 70 years of age, the main fatalities.
North with 59% of new cases
At this time, there are 32,964 active Portuguese patients to be followed by the health authorities, 643 more than yesterday.
Most of those infected in the last 24 hours are in the North region (more than 713 – 59% of the total) and in Lisbon and the Tagus Valley (340 – 28.1%). It is followed by the Center (plus 94), Alentejo (32), Algarve (24), Madeira (three) and the Azores (two).
For six consecutive days, the number of new cases has exceeded the thousand mark, reaching the peak of infected pandemics last Sunday (10), when 1649 cases were reported.
Hospitalizations pass 900
916 patients are hospitalized, that is, 39 more than the previous day. East is the highest hospital occupancy rate since April 30, when 968 people were hospitalized due to covid-19.
There are now 132 people in intensive care, four more than the day before.
Today’s DGS bulletin also indicates that health authorities are monitoring 50,291 contacts of infected people (1,447 more than yesterday).
38 million cases worldwide
The new coronavirus has infected more than 38 million people around the world as of this Tuesday and has caused 1,086,412 deaths, according to official data. Now there are 28.6 million recovered.
In total, the United States of America is the country with the highest concentration of cases (8,038,037) and deaths (220,018). In relation to the number of accumulated infected in the world, it is followed by India (7 177 783), Brazil (5 103 408) and Russia (. 326 178). Portugal appears in 48th place in this table.
In terms of deaths, after the United States, Brazil is the nation with the most declared deaths (150,709), followed by India (109,917) and Mexico (83,945).
