Covid-19 in Portugal: 33 deaths and 32,271 new cases. Admissions rise again | Covid-19
Portugal recorded, on Saturday, 33 deaths and 32,271 cases of infection with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. The count is back below 40,000 cases, after a week that hit new daily records. Hospital admissions rise again and this is the third day in a row with more than 30 deaths.
According to the epidemiological report of the Directorate-General for Health (DGS) released this Sunday, 1813 with a covid-19 patient report in hospitals, 80 more than the previous day. We are in intensive care 168 people.
The total of 3 accused rises to 1903. Since the beginning of the pandemic of Covid-19, in March 2020, Portugal registered 1 884 974 cases of infection or reinfection by the coronavirus.
There are 14,516 more recovered and the health services monitored 280,944 “contacts” on Saturday, 18,910 more than the day before.
The North is again the region with the most new cases, but Lisbon and the Tagus Valley register more deaths (14).
With 168 people in intensive care, the country is approaching the limit of 70% of the red line of admissions to the ICU, a limit defended at the last meeting of experts at Infarmed by specialist Raquel Duarte for the application of more restrictive measures.
Portugal has already administered more than 20 million vaccines. More precisely, about 20 006 500, accounts for a statement from the DGS sent to the PUBLIC on Sunday morning. Almost nine million citizens in Portugal have “almost million citizens”.
“So far, 90% of people over 80 have been vaccinated with a booster dose. Between 70 and 79 years old, 92% of people vaccinated and from 60 to 69, 8%”, according to the last year of 7 years old, 1911.