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The General Directorate of Health (DGS) announced on Tuesday the existence of a total of 1,963 deaths and 74,717 cases of covid-19 in Portugal since the start of the pandemic.
The death toll went from 1,957 to 1,963, 6 more than yesterday: 5 in the Lisbon and Vale do Tejo Region and 1 in the Central Region.
The number of infected increased from 74,029 to 74,717, 688 more than on Monday.
In the last 24 hours, 309 people recovered from the disease, the total recovered since the start of the pandemic 48,193.
As for the number of people hospitalized, there are only 2 more since yesterday, with a total of 661 hospitalized, there is 1 more person hospitalized in intensive care, totaling 99.
The bulletin also indicates that the health authorities have 44,231 contacts under surveillance, another 60 in relation to Monday, and that 309 patients were recovered in the last 24 hours.
Data by region
In the region of Lisbon and Tagus Valley 478 new cases of infection were reported, representing almost 70 percent of the total cases registered today, representing 38,294 cases and 759 deaths in the region.
The region North today 160 new cases of covid-19 are registered, totaling 26,735 and 884 deaths since the start of the pandemic.
In the region Center there were 16 more cases, representing a total of 6,076 infections and 263 deaths.
Not Alentejo Five more cases of covid-19 were registered, totaling 1,499 cases, maintaining the 23 deaths previously registered.
The region of Algarve today it has reported 22 more cases of contagion, totaling 1,622 cases and maintains the 19 dead.
In the Autonomous Community of Azores Two more new cases have been reported in the last 24 hours, totaling 269 infections detected and 15 deaths since the start of the pandemic.
A Madeira registered five cases in the last 24 hours, representing 222 infections, with no deaths to date.
Age and gender
Confirmed cases are distributed in all age groups, with the highest number of infections between 20 and 59 years, with emphasis on the age group between 40 and 49 years.
The new coronavirus has already infected at least 33,905 men and 40,812 women in Portugal, according to reported cases.
Of the total deaths, 987 were men and 976 women.
The highest number of deaths is still concentrated in people over 80 years of age.
More than 1 million deaths worldwide
More than a million deaths from the new coronavirus have been recorded worldwide since its detection in China, according to a count by Agence France-Presse, from official sources.
In total, 1,000,009 deaths were officially registered worldwide, for 33,018,877 cases, at 10:30 p.m. on Sunday.
The AFP also reports that the authorities considered 22,640,048 people cured.
Countries and regions most affected
The regions most affected, in terms of number of deaths, are Latin America and the caribbean (341,032 deaths per 9,190,683 cases), Europe (229,945 deaths per 5,273,943 cases), and the United States and Canada (214,031 deaths per 7,258,663 cases).
the United States It is the country with the most deaths (204,499) and also with the most confirmed cases of infection (more than seven million).
They are followed by Brazil, India, Mexico and the United Kingdom in death toll.
The Alliance for Vaccines announced today that the poorest countries have reserved another 100 million doses of the vaccine that is created against covid-19, manufactured in India and sold for a maximum price of three dollars (2.5 euros).
In August, GAVI (which groups together several UN agencies, such as the World Health Organization, and entities such as the World Bank) and the Gates Foundation had already announced in August a collaboration with an Indian institute (SII) that is the largest manufacturer. vaccines to distribute 100 million doses.
The plan is for the SII to manufacture the vaccine that will be created by pharmaceutical companies AstraZeneca me Novavax and make it available to the Covax body, launched by the WHO to guarantee global access to vaccines, treatments and diagnostics for covid-19
AstraZeneca’s potential vaccine will be available for 61 countries and Novavax’s will be available for another 92.
The WHO’s goal is to have two billion doses of vaccines by the end of 2021.
The project between Oxford University and AstraZeneca is one of the most promising, to which Pfizer and BioNTech, gives Modern and various Chinese projects, namely the CanSinoBIO who has already obtained authorization to administer the vaccine to Chinese military personnel.
The EU contributes 230 million euros plus 170 million euros to the COVAX mechanism
The European Commission participates in the COVAX mechanism for equitable access to vaccines against Covid-19 at affordable prices.
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