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This Thursday Portugal counts 11 more deaths and 592 new cases of covid-19, according to the daily report of the General Directorate of Health (DGS).
It is the second consecutive day that the value of new cases is around 600, a figure higher than usual in recent weeks.
Since the start of the pandemic, Portugal has registered 16,859 deaths and 822,314 cases of infection by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, with 26,543 active cases this Thursday, 121 less than on Wednesday.
The DGS epidemiological bulletin reveals that 538 patients are hospitalized (20 less than on Wednesday), the lowest figure since September 21, the day on which 518 people were hospitalized.
In intensive care, Portugal has 129 patients today, two more compared to Wednesday.
The data further indicates that 702 additional patients were reported as recovered, bringing the total number of recovered to 778,912 since the start of the pandemic in Portugal, in March 2020.
Health authorities have 15,950 contacts under surveillance, 150 more than the previous day.
DATA BY REGION
Of the 11 deaths registered in the last 24 hours, 6 occurred in the Lisbon and Vale do Tejo region and 4 in the North and one in the Center region.
In the region of Lisbon and Tagus Valley 267 new infections have been reported, representing 311,729 cases and 7,135 deaths so far.
The region North It has 150 new SARS-CoV-2 infections and since the beginning of the pandemic it has already accounted for 330,823 cases of infection and 5,305 deaths.
In the region Center 41 more cases were registered, with a total of 117,204 infections and 2,999 deaths.
No Alentejo 35 more cases were reported, for a total of 29,115 infections and 970 deaths since the start of the pandemic in Portugal.
The region of Algarve 64 new cases have been reported, totaling 20,739 infections and 353 deaths.
In the Autonomous Community of Madeira There were 26 new cases, representing 8,632 infections and 68 deaths from covid-19 since March 2020.
You Azores today they have 9 new cases, they count 4,072 cases since the start of the pandemic and 29 deaths.
The regional authorities of the Azores and Madeira disclose your data on a daily basis, which may not coincide with the information disclosed in the DGS bulletin.
GENDER AND AGE DATA
The cases confirmed today at the national level are distributed in all age groups, with the highest number of infections between 20 and 59 years.
The new coronavirus has already infected at least 372,558 men and 449,470 women in Portugal, according to DGS data, according to which there are 286 cases of unknown sex, which are under investigation, since this information is not provided automatically.
Of the total deaths, 8,849 were men and 8,010 women.
The highest number of deaths is still concentrated in the elderly over 80 years of age, followed by the age group between 70 and 79 years.
Of the total deaths, 11,112 were people older than 80 years, 3,576 between 70 and 79 years and 1,502 between 60 and 69 years.
It is necessary to end vaccination by groups and move towards vaccination by age, defends Gouveia e Melo
Vice Admiral Gouveia e Melo, in an interview with Jornal Público and Rádio Renascença, maintains that “it is necessary to end vaccination by groups of diseases and move towards vaccination by age.”
The leader of the working group responsible for the vaccination plan against covid-19 goes further and assures that “it does not make sense to leave the majority of the population waiting for small groups to be vaccinated.” In this way, he assures, “doses will accumulate in the warehouse that could be protecting people.”
The position of Vice Admiral refers to the methodology of the second phase of the vaccination campaign, whose first test of operation must be carried out in the third week of April.
For Gouveia and Melo, the exception of the age criterion should be for small groups with rare or very specific diseases that, according to the age criterion, would have to wait months for the vaccine.
MORE THAN HALF A MILLION PORTUGUESE WITH COMPLETE VACCINATION AGAINST COVID-19
Almost half a million people have a complete vaccination against covid-19 and more than 1.1 million have already received the first dose of the vaccine, indicates the weekly report of the General Directorate of Health (DGS) released this Wednesday.
According to the DGS, 500,275 Portuguese have already received the two doses of the vaccine against the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which is equivalent to 5% of the population, and the first dose has already been administered to 1,196,971 people (12%) .
The seventh report of the DGS also indicates that, in the last week, 20,918 people received the complete vaccination and that another 252,979 people were vaccinated with the first dose.
“This is not the time to relax.” WHO says new restrictions are needed
The World Health Organization (WHO) described this Thursday as “necessary” new restrictions in Europe due to the increasing number of cases of SARS-CoV-2, the advance of the British variant and the increase in mobility during Easter.
“The situation in the region is now more worrying than what we have seen in several months,” said the WHO regional director of Emergencies in Europe, Dorit Nitzan. “Many countries are introducing new measures (to combat the pandemic) that are necessary and everyone should follow them as much as possible,” he added.
In your opinion, there are also “risks associated” with “increased mobility” and meetings in these Easter holidays.
In a note from its European office, the WHO also called the pace of the vaccination campaign on the continent “unacceptably” slow.
