The highest risk counties are reduced to 113. View the map | Coronavirus



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The number of municipalities with very high and very high risk fell from 127 to 113, according to data revealed this Saturday by the Prime Minister. It will be in these municipalities where the strictest contingency measures will be maintained in the next 15 days of the state of emergency.

This Saturday the number of new cases was the highest of the week, with 6,087 people infected with covid-19. According to the bulletin of the General Directorate of Health, which reveals data for Friday, there were 73 deaths. The North region continues to be the most affected by the pandemic, with three thousand new cases (49.3%), followed by the Lisbon and Vale do Tejo region, which registered 1980 new diagnoses (32.5%). The number of people hospitalized fell to 3,229 (66 less than the previous day). Of these, 517 were hospitalized in intensive care units, which represented a pause compared to the previous day for 9 people. 6165 people recovered, an increase over the rest of the week, which explains the decrease in the total number of active cases, which currently stands at 73,561 throughout the country.

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