Covid-19: decrease decrease in the country, except in Lisbon and Madeira. Only 5.6% of cases are reinfection
In the last week, Portugal registered a decrease in new infections by covid (158,534), with the transmissibility index (Rt) falling from 1.00 to 0.98.
According to this Friday’s weekly report from the Directorate-General for Health (DGS), the The incidence of the disease is already increasing in the country, although it remains increasing for the regions of Madeira and Lisbon and the Tagus Valley (+34% and 5% more, respectively, cumulative incidence at seven days).
The age group from 30 to 39 years old was the one that presented the highest instability value. cumulative to seven days per 100,000 inhabitants, with 1,809 cases.
There were 68 deaths of people with disease, with disabilities per 100 thousand inhabitants, an increase of 30% compared to the previous week. There were 101 fewer admissions (1,991) and one more in ICU (108).
Only 5.6% of cases are suspected of reinfection
The BA.5 lineage, of the Ómicron variant, continues to be dominant in Portugal, it is the one that contributes the most to reinfections, but they represent only 5.6% of the total cases of the last month, also informs the DGS.
Regarding satisfaction, the bulletin states that 93% of the population has the complete63% have the first booster dose and 33% of the elderly aged 80 and over the second booster dose.
In the first group of only 1, from 5 to 1 years old, 39% of children have only completed school.