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This Friday, Portugal records another 65 deaths related to covid-19 and 4,146 new cases of infection by the new coronavirus, according to the bulletin of the General Directorate of Health (DGS).
Since the beginning of the pandemic, Portugal has registered 6,478 deaths and 391,782 cases of infection by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, with this Friday more than 1,488 cases, totaling 70,178.
Regarding hospital admissions, the epidemiological bulletin of the DGS reveals that 2,754 patients are hospitalized, 99 less than on Thursday, of which 504 are in intensive care, 1 less than the day before.
Health authorities have 90,093 contacts under surveillance, 1,115 more compared to Thursday.
The bulletin also reveals that 2,593 cases were reported to have been recovered. Since the beginning of the epidemic in Portugal, in March, 315,126 people have recovered.
Data by region
Regarding the 65 deaths registered in the last 24 hours, 29 occurred in the North, 23 in Lisbon and Vale do Tejo, 10 in the Center and three in Alentejo.
According to the DGS bulletin, the North region was also the one that registered the highest number of new SARS-CoV-2 infections in the last 24 hours (1,697).
Since the beginning of the pandemic, the North region has registered 201,417 cases of infection and 3,030 deaths.
In the Lisbon and Tagus Valley region, 1,463 new infections have been reported, with 126,275 cases and 2,243 deaths so far.
In the Central region there were 620 more cases, with a total of 43,892 infections and 926 deaths.
In Alentejo, 201 more cases were reported, totaling 10,128 infections and 183 deaths since the epidemic began in Portugal.
The Algarve region has reported 125 new cases today, adding up to 7,031 infections and 64 deaths.
Madeira registered 11 new cases. This autonomous community has 1,377 infections and 11 deaths from covid-19.
In the Autonomous Region of the Azores, 29 new cases were registered in the last 24 hours, totaling 1,662 infections and 21 deaths.
Data by sex and age group
Confirmed cases 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 176,023 men and 215,621 women in Portugal, according to DGS data, according to which there are 138 cases of unknown sex, which are under investigation, as these data are not provided automatically. Of the total deaths, 3,372 were men and 3,106 women.
The highest number of deaths is still concentrated in the elderly over 80 years, followed by people between 70 and 79 years.
A few days before the start of vaccination against covid-19 in Portugal, the General Directorate of Health defined specific standards.
Allergic people who have had severe reactions to medications or foods should be vaccinated in hospitals. And anyone with a serious acute illness will have to wait until fully recovered to receive the vaccine.
The DGS rules are derived from the indications sent to all member states by the European Medicines Agency. They are aimed at health professionals who begin to vaccinate the first risk group on Sunday and there are instructions on how to prepare and administer the vaccine.
More than 2,100 health professionals will be vaccinated at the Coimbra Pediatric Hospital
More than 2,100 health professionals began to be vaccinated against covid-19, on Sunday morning, in Coimbra. The pediatric hospital is preparing to vaccinate 60 people per hour.
About 80% of the 8,500 professionals at the hospital expressed their desire to be vaccinated. In this first phase, the available vaccines are far from reaching everyone and it was necessary to follow the recommendations of the Directorate General of Health to define who will be the first to be summoned.
All those vaccinated in this procedure should take a second dose in three weeks. The remaining health professionals will have to wait for the arrival of new vaccines in the country.
