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Regarding deaths related to the new coronavirus, increased by 95 in the last 24 hours, an absolute maximum, increasing the total number of deaths since the beginning of the pandemic to 5,373.
The number of new deaths increased by nine compared to yesterday (86), with the seven day average raised to 81.4, or highest value everand going over 80 for the first time, being over 70 since November 16.
The number of cases also increased compared to the previous day (3,134). THE The daily average of new cases in the last seven days amounted to 3,962.
In the last 14 days, Portugal has accumulated 528.8 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants. This indicator, widely used internationally to measure the spread of the virus and a criterion determined by the Government to consider municipalities at risk, even more than double the defined limit of 240 cases per 100,000 inhabitants but has been decreasing in recent years. 16 days.
On the positive side, the number of recovered patients totaled 4,100 in the last 24 hours, increasing the total recovered to 263,648.
So, active cases, which is calculated by subtracting recovered patients and deaths from the total number of confirmed cases, increased by 885, 71,266 active infections, after reaching a minimum from November 6. This figure corresponds to 20.9% of the total accumulated cases.
Hospitalizations and critical patients decrease
The number of hospitalized for covid-19 decreased by 74, for a total of 3,230 patients.
As for the most serious cases, hospitalizations in intensive care units, there are at least two hospitalized patients, bringing the total to 507.
All regions recorded deaths
Most of the new reported cases are located in the North region, which adds another 2,395 new cases, 47% of the infections in the country in the last 24 hours, which brings the total for the region to 178,378. For the first time since November 3, the seven-day average of contagion in the North was below two thousand (1988).
Lisbon and the Tagus Valley (LVT) now have 110,635 cases, 1,618 more than yesterday, which means that it was responsible for 32% of new infections.
Of the remaining new cases, 787 were in the Center, 193 in the Alentejo, 66 in the Algarve, 16 in the Azores and 5 in Madeira.
As for deaths, the most were in the north, with 41. They are followed by Lisbon and Vale do Tejo, with 32, the Center with 16, Alentejo with 2, Algarve with 2, Azores and Madeira, with one death each.
In accumulated terms, the North adds 2,578 deaths, Lisbon and Vale do Tejo a total 1,863, the Center has 713, Alentejo 138, Algarve 58, Azores 20 and Madeira 3.
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