They soared in the Lisbon and Tagus Valley region as infections by Covid-19, with a 42% increase in cases accumulated over 14 days. In the North, the rise was 28%, in the Algarve 27%, Alentejo 17% and in the Center 11%, reveals the latest report from the Directorate-General for Health.

There were 181,182 new cases recorded in the week from the 20th to the 26th of this month and 228 deaths in the same period. Sunday and Monday registered the highest number of victims: 39 deaths each day.

The disease has a “very high incidence” so that the “impact on hospital admissions and mortality shows an increasing trend”. The Reinforcement of the Reinforcements of Protective Measures of the Years, Individual Recommendation, such as the Mask Strongly the Reinforcement of Measures, and the Protection of Elderly Individuals, whose booster dose was applied 80 years.

For the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, the replacement of the mask “is a consideration that the health authorities have to make: whether it is worth taking this measure, for weeks or if it is not preferable to activate the responsibility of measure, for weeks.” or if it is not preferable to leave to the responsibility of taking this measure, for weeks or if it is not preferable to leave the responsibility of taking this measure to everyone who knows exactly the risks he runs”.

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Data analysis
The Assistant Secretary of State and Health, Lacerda Sales, says that the analysis of deaths cannot be done year by year.

double the number of deaths
Mortality is at 41 deaths per million inhabitants at 14 days, double the threshold recommended by experts.

Sick Graves
99 patients were hospitalized in Intensive Care Units on Monday, the day with 35,000 new cases.