Today there are 15 new positive cases of covid to report

Today there are 15 new positive cases to report, according to the epidemiological bulletin IASAÚDE.

Thus, RAM begins to count 569 confirmed cases of covid-19 in the regional territory.

These are 5 imported cases (3 from the United Kingdom, 1 from Germany and 1 from Switzerland) and 10 cases of local transmission, all associated with recently identified positive cases, which were already being followed by the health authorities.

Among the cases of local transmission, it is worth highlighting the existence of a second positive case in an educational establishment in the municipality of Santa Cruz, with the health authority determining the temporary closure of this establishment for epidemiological investigation. It is the Principezinho nursery, as JM announced.

On the other hand, today there are 7 more recovered cases to report. The region now has 355 recovered cases of covid-19, with the record of 2 deaths associated with covid-19 in RAM.

There are 212 active cases, of which 142 are imported cases identified in the context of surveillance activities implemented at the Madeira airport and 70 are cases of local transmission. Regarding the residence of active cases, 122 are non-residents and 90 are RAM residents.