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This Tuesday, Portugal counts more than 63 deaths and 1,032 new cases of covid-19, according to the daily report of the General Directorate of Health (DGS).
Since the start of the pandemic, Portugal has registered 16,086 deaths and 799,106 cases of infection by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, with 77,044 active cases this Tuesday, 3,598 less than on Monday, a decrease that has been recorded for 23 days. consecutive.
As to Hospital admissions, there are a total of 3,012 patients admitted to the ward, 310 less than yesterday, and in intensive care there are a total of 597, less 30.
The health authorities have 70,767 contacts under surveillance, 8,032 less than the previous day, with a downward trend since January 30.
Data from this Tuesday also reveals that another 4,567 people were reported to have recovered, bringing the number of recovered to 705,976 since the start of the pandemic in Portugal in March 2020.
For 23 consecutive days, the number of recoveries exceeds that of new infections.
Data by region
Regarding the 63 deaths registered in the last 24 hours, 36 occurred in Lisbon and Vale do Tejo, 11 in the Center region, 9 in the North region, 5 in Alentejo and two in the Algarve region.
In the Lisbon and Tagus Valley region, 493 new infections have been reported, representing 302,013 cases and 6,699 deaths so far.
The North region registered 186 new infections by SARS-CoV-2 in the last 24 hours and since the beginning of the pandemic it has already accounted for 324,905 cases of contagion and 5,168 deaths.
In the Central region, 146 more cases were registered, with a total of 114,245 infections and 2,870 deaths.
In Alentejo, 50 more cases were reported, totaling 28,224 infections and 929 deaths since the start of the pandemic in Portugal.
The Algarve region today reported 61 new cases, with a total of 19,893 infections and 332 deaths.
Madeira registered 93 new cases. This autonomous community has 6,101 infections and 60 deaths from covid-19.
In the Azores, 3 new cases were registered in the last 24 hours. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the autonomous community has added 3,725 infections and 28 deaths.
A hundred doctors, teachers, parents and researchers asked the Government and the President of the Republic to urgently reopen the schools as of March 1, beginning with the youngest and in a staggered manner with due precautions.
In a letter sent to the Prime Minister, the Minister of Education, the Minister of Health, the other members of the Government and the President of the Republic, the group, which includes the virologist Pedro Simas and the epidemiologist Henrique Barros, says that it is schools with face-to-face education can be kept open with due precautions and point out some measurements.
For the secretary general of the National Federation of Teachers (Fenprof), Mário Nogueira, schools should open as soon as possible, if the specialists and health authorities understand it.
However, Fenprof hopes to be heard by the guardianship.
The statements of Mário Nogueira this Tuesday morning, in a demonstration that brought together about a hundred teachers in front of the Ministry of Education, in Lisbon, against the vacancy regime that hinders professional progression.
The President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, listens today to IL, Chega, PEV, PAN, CDS-PP and PCP on the renewal of the state of emergency, in hearings by videoconference, starting at 2:30 p.m.
On Wednesday it will be the turn of the BE, PSD and PS and, a day later, Parliament will meet to debate and approve the probable renewal of the state of emergency, which will come into effect between March 02 and 16 and will be on March 12. Statement on the current covid-19 pandemic situation.
The current period ends at 23:59 on Monday, March 1.
Restrictive measures must continue until at least March 15
The pandemic killed at least 2.47 million people worldwide
The covid-19 pandemic has caused, in the last 24 hours, 6,595 deaths worldwide, increasing the number of deaths of 2,474,437 people since it was detected in China in December 2019.
According to data published today by the French news agency AFP, in the last day 284,765 new infections were registered, raising the total number of people infected since the start of the pandemic to at least 111,641,390 cases of covid-19.
Of this total number of cases, at least 68,552,400 have already been considered cured, see AFP.
The figures are based on daily reports from the health authorities of each country until 11:00 am each day and do not include reviews carried out ‘a posteriori’ by statistical organizations, as is the case of Russia, Spain and the United Kingdom.
Since Monday, the countries that have registered the most new cases of deaths have been the United States, with more than 1,297 deaths, Brazil (with more than 639 deaths) and Spain (more than 535).
Your The United States remains the most affected country in terms of deaths and cases, with a total of 500,313 deaths for 28,190,622 cases, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally.
After the United States, the countries most affected are the Brazil, with 247,143 deaths and 10,195,160 cases, the Mexico, with 180,536 deaths and 2,043,632 cases, the India, with 156,463 deaths and 11,016,434 cases, and the Kingdom United, with 120,757 deaths and 4,126,150 cases.
Among the most affected countries, Belgium is the one with the highest number of deaths in relation to its population, with 189 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, followed by Slovenia and the Czech Republic (both with 182), the United Kingdom (178) and Italy. (159).
TO Europe counted today, until 11:00 GMT (same time in Lisbon) 833,084 deaths and 36,667,016 cases, while the America Latin and how Caribbean registered 661,324 deaths (20,800,396 cases).
Your state United is he Canada total 522,012 deaths (29,038,265 cases), the Asia 252,667 deaths (15,949,216 cases) and the Average East 102,728 deaths (5,315,547 cases).
THE continent African accounted for 101,675 deaths (3,838,878 cases) while Oceania reports accounting for 947 deaths (32,072 cases).
Since the beginning of the pandemic, the number of tests carried out has increased dramatically and detection and detection techniques have improved, leading to an increase in the number of infected infected.
However, the number of diagnosed cases reflects only a fraction of the actual total, as a large proportion of less severe or asymptomatic cases are not recorded.
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