Portugal recorded a daily average of 10 thousand cases. Transmission is high, but the trend is stable
Portugal recorded 75,276 cases of covid-19 from 15 to 21 March, 3,189 less than in the previous seven days, which represents a daily average of just over 10,000 cases, when in the previous week this average was 11,300 cases. , but 137 deaths, 13 more than in the previous seven days. It should be noted, 105 years in the range between 2 years 70 and 78 years. There are also six deaths in the 60 to 69 age group, three in the 50 to 59 age group, and 1 in the 40 to 49 age group.
According to the situation of the different indicators, made by the National Institute of Health Ricardo Jorge, “the epidemic situation of covid-19 maintains a much higher transmissibility, but with a stable trend”. It maintains a line of what was evaluated in the previous week, after a significant increase in the country, as in the reduction of Lisbon and in the number of cases on some occasions, and this revision in some regions, and after a significant increase.
A downward trend that is similar to the incidence of 731 million inhabitants – 4% less than in the previous week, and with a stable trend at the national level in all regions, except Madeira, which showed an increasing trend – and in transmissibility, with o R
As for hospitalization, the number of hospitalizations registered more than 24, with 1164 people hospitalized for covid-19 on March 21, of which 64 were in intensive care, two less than the previous week. Numbers that correspond to 25% of the defined critical value of 255 occupied beds, when in the previous week this percentage was 26%.
According to the phase explained in the Red Lines report, “the ratio between the number of hospitalized and infected people was 0.12 with a stable comparison”, a value that is much lower than that recorded in previous waves and that explains that we are in less serious illness. At this time, health services are not available. On the contrary, they still have “the capacity to accommodate an increase in demand for patients with covid-19”, which “may happen in the coming days, given the increase in the number of cases in the population over 65 years old”, highlights the document .
European cases, and despite all cases of infection over the age of 65, “the impact on general mortality is smaller, despite the specific mortality of covid-19 being within the reference value by the Center for Disease Prevention and Control defined (ECDC)”. In this period, it was 25.3 deaths per million inhabitants, when the limit is 20 deaths per million inhabitants.
In this sense, the proposal authorities must be “maintained surveillance of the epidemiological situation, recommending the maintenance of individual protection measures in risk groups and health protection, must be greater”. It is recalled that on Wednesday, the government decided to maintain the mandatory use of the mask in closed spaces until the 18th, when the situation will be again.
The INSA analysis also reveals that the BA.2 lineage of the Ómicron variant is already dominant in Portugal, with an estimated relative frequency of 89% up to 21 March. On the other hand, family, passing by a few, managed to increase more population margin with one side9, and complete, in 1st, the family, against covid-19. A situation that, once again, will have positive results in serious illness, hospitalization, mortality and mortality.
The report states that “people with the full regimen had a two to six times lower risk of hospitalization than unvaccinated people, among the total number of people infected in January 2022”. And that in relation to mortality, “people with a complete vaccination schedule had a risk of death twice as low as those not vaccinated, among the total infected in February 2022”.
In the population aged 80 years, “the booster dose and the risk of death from covid19 in almost three times compared to those who have the complete primary vaccination schedule”. It is noteworthy that from the age of 50, Portugal is one of the countries where coverage with two doses is around 100%. Between 25 and 49 years old, it is around 99% and from 18 to 24 years old, around 97%. In the youngest, between 12 and 17, this coverage is around 96% and in children, from 5 to 11 years old, it is 29%.