Portugal has six times more cases than a year ago, but four times fewer deaths – Observer
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In almost two years of pandemic, this January 11, 2022 is the fifth day with more cases of infection reported in Portugal. In the last 24 hours, health authorities have detected more 33,340 cases of infection by the new coronavirus in Portugal.
also died 28 people infected with SARS-CoV-2 in the last 24 hours in Portugal, a significantly higher number than in the last four days (17, 20, 22 and 22) and the highest in the last few months (since 9 March) but, on the other hand, On the other hand, significant to what happened a year ago — there are about four times fewer deaths, given that on January 11, 2021, 122 deaths were reported in the previous 24 hours.
Despite the number of cases, hospital pressure is also significantly lower than it was a year ago: the number of hospitalized patients is less than January 2021 and the number of patients in care units is of lesser importance. year.
There are now 1,564 patients hospitalized in Portugal with Covid-19, 24 fewer than 24 hours ago. Of these hospitalized patients, 153 are in intensive care units, 8 fewer than the day before. A year ago, on January 1, 2021, there were 3,983 patients hospitalized with Covid-19 in Portuguese hospitals (more than double), 567 of which in intensive care units (more than triple in ICU).
Comparisons can be made after the release of another bulletin from the Directorate-General for Health, regarding the daily evolution of the Covid-19 Portugal pandemic.
It has been ten months since so many people infected with the new coronavirus died in Portugal. Since March 9 – when the DGS bulletin reported 30 in 24 hours – the number of deaths was not so high in the country.
Five days ago, on January 6th, the DGS bulletin reported 25 in 24 weeks (less weeks), at three o’clock on December 19th, around December 19th.
Last winter the number of infected people surpassed, passed in two different ones on January 21st and surpassed 21 different numbers (300) on two different days: January 28th and January 31st.
Last Tuesday, January 4, health authorities reported in Portugal another 25,835 confirmed cases of coronavirus infection in Portugal. This Tuesday, 11, 33,340 new cases were reported – that is, there are more than 7,505 infected than on the same day last week.
The increase in contagions has been anticipated and at a pace since mid-December. This is due, on the one hand, to the number of tests and self-tests carried out (as unique tools that allow to detect more effectively asymptomatic cases and infections with greater symptoms) but above all to the greater transmissibility of the Ómicro variant, which spreads easily than the previous variants of the virus. , as the WHO explains this Tuesday.
The lesser impact of the O micro variation of severe disease in the population, on the other hand, has been reiterated by experts, which may be one of the main reasons why the increase in the number of cases is not accompanied by a proportional increase in the. number of deaths and patients hospitalized and admitted to intensive care units.
If the number of new cases increases the number of data, also the number of previous cases in data as recovered doctors continues to photograph.
Over the past 24 hours, 43,513 people have recovered from infection with the new coronavirus.
now 269,451 active cases of infection (people currently infected, which excludes those who did not resist) by SARS-CoV-2 in Portugal, already about 10 thousand less (more exactly: less 10,201) than there were the day before.
Two regions of the country — Norte and Lisboa and Vale do Tejo — continue to concentrate a large part of new cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Portugal. In this case, close to three out of four.
In Lisbon and Vale do Tejo, 12,390 new cases were detected and 13,253 more infections in the North region. The two regions together account for 77% of new cases in the country.