40% of new cases are registered in Lisbon and Vale do Tejo, as well as the only death.
Portugal registered, in the last 24 hours, 763 new cases of covid-19 and one death associated with the disease. According to data released this Sunday, by the Directorate-General for Health (DGS), the country now has a cumulative total of 1,090,651 infections confirmed since the beginning of the pandemic and 18,157 killed.
Lisbon and Vale do Tejo continues to be the region of the country with the most new infections, registering, in the last 24 hours alone, 300 new cases and the only death to be regretted. Next comes the Centre, with 169 new infections, the North, with 153, the Algarve with 66, the autonomous region of Madeira, with 36 new cases, the Azores, with 30, and, finally, the Alentejo, with six new ones. registered infections.
The number of hospitalized patients has increased and there are currently 335 people with covid-19 in Portuguese hospitals, 17 more than yesterday. On the other hand, the number of hospitalized in Intensive Care Units (ICU) has dropped, currently 59 people hospitalized in the ICU, 5 less than on Saturday.
As for those recovered, there are 324 more people who have overcome the disease, bringing the total to 1,040,604.
There are now 31,890 active cases in the country, 438 more than yesterday, and health authorities have 22,372 contacts under surveillance.
The incidence and transmissibility ratio (RT) values were last Friday and continued to grow. In Portugal, an accumulated is 97.4 cases of infection per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 14 days and 94.6 in the continent alone. The Rt, whether in the national territory or on the continent, is 1.08.
It should be noted that this Thursday the Government decided to extend the Alert Situation in mainland Portugal until the 30th of November, due to the aggravation of the spread of covid-19 in the last week.