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The Covid-19 outbreak confirmed in Louletano DC triggered the number of new cases of the disease in the Algarve, with 37 more infections since yesterday, the General Directorate of Health (DGS) has just revealed in its epidemiological bulletin this Saturday, 29 of August.
In the country as a whole, the progression is also high, since Portugal today has 374 new cases of Covid-19, still 27 cases less than yesterday. There are 57,448 accumulated cases nationwide.
As the South Information Yesterday reported, the outbreak in the Louletano soccer team, which affects players, coaches and other team members, already has 33 confirmed cases of infection. There were also 5 people whose tests were negative. All are “isolated”, as well as their “closest contacts”, which can still be tested in the coming days.
According to a statement from the Chamber of Loulé, “all positives and negatives are in compulsory confinement and under active surveillance, according to the guidelines of the health delegate and the club’s doctor.”
Thus, with the 37 cases confirmed since yesterday in the Algarve, according to DGS data, the region thus accumulates 1,099 cases since the start of the pandemic.
In neighboring Alentejo, there are only 3 new infections to report, for a cumulative total of 926.
According to data from the DGS bulletin, there are still 3 more deaths to regret, all in the Lisbon region and the Tagus Valley. Until yesterday, the disease had caused 1,818 deaths in Portugal.
As for those recovered, there are 210 more than yesterday’s bulletin, which brings the total of people who have already killed Covid-19 throughout the country to 41,766.
Taking into account that new cases have supplanted those recovered, the number of active cases has also increased (161 more) to 13,864.
This Saturday, the North, with 157 more cases, for a cumulative total of 20 614, is the region of the country where new infections were registered in the last 24 hours. Lisbon and the Tagus Valley continue, where there are today 29,663 accumulated cases (plus 149).
It is followed by the Central regions (4,780 plus 23), Algarve (1,099, plus 37), Alentejo (926, plus 3), Azores (209, plus 1) and Madeira (157, plus 4).
In hospitals throughout the country there are 324 people hospitalized, 10 less than yesterday. The number of intensive care patients rose to 40, two more than yesterday, according to the DGS bulletin.
As for the contacts under surveillance, there are now 33,965, 35 more than yesterday.
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