Covid-19: Portugal with 13 thousand fewer cases, fewer deaths and hospitalizations | coronavirus
Portugal registered, between 12 and 18 July, 35,945- by the SARS-CoV2 coronavirus, 107 deaths associated with covid-19 and a further decrease in sextaments, the Directorate-General for Health (DGS) said today.
According to the DGS weekly epidemiological bulletin, compared to the previous week, there were 12,898 fewer cases of infection, with a reduction of 28 deaths in the comparison between the two periods.
As for hospital occupancy in mainland Portugal by covid-19, the DGS released data on hospitalizations for the Monday before the report was published on Fridays. Based on this last determination, the bulletin indicates that, at the fair, 1029 people were hospitalized, 111 than on the same day of the previous week, with 49 patients in intensive care units, minus eight.
According to the DGS bulletin, the seven-day difficulty was, on Monday, at 349 cases per 100 million inhabitants, having registered an increase of 26% in relation to the previous week, and the transmissibility index R(t ) of the coronavirus dropped to 0.81.
By region, Lisbon and Vale do Tejo recorded 15,292 cases between 12 and 18 July, 5,869 less than in the previous period, and 44 deaths, 15 less. The Center region accounted for 4,956 cases (2,216 less) and 22 deaths (more five) The North totaled 8,418 cases of infection (minus 2,801) and 16 deaths (minus eight). In the Alentejo, eight were registered 1746 positive cases (minus 529) and 13 deaths (plus five) and in the Algarve there were 2597 infections (minus 844) and seven deaths (minus five).
As for the autonomous regions, the Azores had 1,736 new infections between 12 and 18 July (341 less) and two deaths (the same number as the previous week), while Madeira recorded 1,200 cases in those seven days (298 less) and deaths (minus seven), according to DGS data.
According to the report, the age group between 40 and 49 years old presented the highest number of cases within seven days (5872), followed by people between 50 and 59 years old (5637), while children up to 9 years old were the group with the least help (1472) this week.
Of the total admissions, 423 were elderly people over 80 years old, followed by the age group from 70 to 79 years old (240) and from 60 to 69 years old (134). The DGS also recorded eight admissions in the age group of children up to 9 years old, seven from 10 to 19 years old, 17 from 20 to 29 years old, 27 from 30 to 39 years old, 33 from 40 to 49 years old and 76 from 50 to 59 years old. .
The bulletin also mentions that, in these seven days, 74 elderly people over 80 years old, 24 people between 70 and 79 years old, four between 60 and 69 years old, four between 50 and 59 years old and one between 40 and 49 years old died. years old.
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