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The General Directorate of Health (DGS) announced this Sunday the existence of a total of 1,953 deaths and 73,604 cases of covid-19 in Portugal since the start of the pandemic.
The death toll rose from 1,944 to 1,953, nine more than on Saturday. The number of infected people increased from 72,939 to 73,604, plus 665.
In the last 24 hours, 20 more hospitalizations were registered, increasing the number of people with COVID-19 admitted to hospitals to 635, while 4 more intensive care users were registered, in a total of 89.
From yesterday to today, 267 patients have been recovered, so 47,647 people have already overcome the infection since the start of the pandemic in Portugal.
The bulletin also indicates that the health authorities have 44,274 contacts under surveillance, 691 more in relation to Saturday, and that 267 patients were reported to have recovered in the last 24 hours.
Since the beginning of the pandemic in Portugal, 47,647 people have recovered from the disease.
In the Lisbon and Tagus Valley region, another 252 new cases of infection were reported, and the region recorded 37,628 cases and 753 deaths.
Today, the North region has more than 246 new cases of covid-19, totaling 26,407 and 881 deaths since the start of the pandemic.
In the Central region there were 70 more cases, representing a total of 6,017 infections and 262 deaths.
In Alentejo, 55 more cases of covid-19 were registered, totaling 1,487 cases, maintaining the 23 deaths previously registered.
The Algarve region today reported 38 more cases of infection, adding 1,581 cases and keeping the 19 dead.
In the Autonomous Region of the Azores, another new case was registered in the last 24 hours, adding 267 detected infections and 15 deaths since the start of the pandemic.
Madeira registered three cases in the last 24 hours, representing 217 infections, with no deaths to date.
Confirmed cases are distributed in all age groups, with the highest number of infections between 20 and 59 years old, with an emphasis on the 30-49 age group.
Globally, the new coronavirus has already infected at least 33,371 men and 40,233 women in Portugal, according to reported cases.
Of the total fatalities, 984 were men and 969 women.
The highest number of deaths is still concentrated in people over 80 years of age.
WHO calls for effort and unity to avoid two million deaths in the coming months
Recovery fund. “The European Union stands in solidarity with Portugal”
The president of the European Commission guarantees that “the European Union stands in solidarity with Portugal” in the face of the crisis caused by the covid-19 pandemic, as evidenced by the fact that the country is one of the important beneficiaries of the Recovery Fund.
In an interview with the Lusa agency on the eve of her first official visit to Portugal as president of the community executive, Ursula von der Leyen affirms that “Portuguese citizens have fought very bravely and disciplined against the virus and have even been more successful than others “, and can count on the support of the EU, which will also help to” boost “the recovery of the Portuguese economy.
“The European Union will ensure that the Portuguese, European citizens and people around the world have access to a future vaccine. And the EU will also be on the side of the Portuguese to recover from the economic crisis”, guarantees the President of the Commission .
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