Portugal with 13 more deaths and 3,732 new covid-19 cases in 24 hours

Sugar Mizzy December 26, 2021

In update.

Portugal accounts this Sunday 13 more deaths and 3,732 new cases of covid-19, according to the daily report of the General Directorate of Health (DGS).

The daily epidemiological bulletin of the DGS reveals an increase in the number of hospitalized people, counting this Sunday 878 admissions, 21 more than on Saturday, and 151 in intensive care units, less one in the last 24 hours.

Of the 13 deaths, five occurred in the Lisbon and Vale do Tejo region, three in the Center, two in the North, one in Alentejo, Algarve, Madeira.

After three consecutive days with more than 10.000 daily cases, Portugal registers in the last 24 hours 3,732 infections.

Portugal registers a new maximum with more than 620,000 tests up to 19 in two days

Portugal once again achieved two new maximum daily test results for covid-19 on Thursday and Friday, with 620,000 tests carried out, revealed today the National Health Institute (INSA) Ricardo Jorge.

“Portugal reached, on the 23rd and 24th of December, two new maximums of daily testing for covid-19, with more than 620,000 diagnostic tests performed in just two days”, refers the INSA, adding that the positivity rate was of 4.6% “, refers the INSA, in a statement, which cites data from the testing task force.

According to the INSA, from the total of tests carried out, around 132,000 were tested TAAN / PCR and more than 488,000 Rapid Tests of Antigen (TRAg) for professional use.

These numbers do not include self-tests.

That body says that on December 23, there were close to 360,000 tests, a new maximum of daily testing, and on December 24, more than 260,000 tests, which was the second day with more tests carried out since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020.

The INSA advances that, up to the data, more than 25 million diagnostic tests for covid-19 have already been carried out in Portugal, approximately 16.2 million TAAN/PCR tests and about 8.9 million TRAg for professional use.

“Between December 1 and 24, more than 3.7 million diagnostic tests were carried out with covid-19, with a daily average of about 155,000 tests, of which more than 1.1 million were TAAN / PCR and close. 2.6 million were TRAg for professional use”, he indicates, stressing that December is” the month with the most tests carried out since the beginning of the pandemic”.

The INSA also reports that Portugal registered, in December, daily testing numbers in excess of 100,000 tests in 19 of the 24 days already counted, having surpassed the threshold of 200,000 daily tests in four days.

Present in 110 countries, Ómicron led Catalonia to enact what is mandatory. Italy, United Kingdom and France returned to record new highs. For those who were dependent on airlines to spend Christmas with their family, the last two days were chaotic.

The vigorous advance of Ómicron forced the cancellation of more than 5,600 flights, between Friday and Sunday. A quarter of canceled flights had origins or destinations in the US.

Pilots, flight attendants and other professionals had to be previously quarantined for exposure to covid-19, companies like Lufthansa, Delta and United Airlines canceling flights.

No. United States, hospitalizations for covid-19 remain relatively low than at the beginning of the year, but the situation is worsened by the low rates of vaccination.

ONE China records the highest number of cases in the past four months, with authorities trying to contain outbreaks in several regions, including a northwestern city of Xian where 13 million residents are in confinement.

In Europe, countries like Italy, United Kingdom and France register new highs daily. In London, the rapid spread of Omicron has led many people to spend part of Christmas Day in line to receive the vaccine. According to the nominees, one in 20 Londoners would have covid-19 to 16 December. Three days later it would be one in 10.

The advance of Ómicron led to Catalonia, in Spain, to decree the mandatory curfew between 01:00 and 06:00 for the next 15 days. Meetings are now limited, as clubs are closed, and several spaces now have reduced capacity.