Covid-19 data in Portugal in the last week of August
Portugal recorded, between August 23 and 29, 18,467 infections with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, 44 deaths associated with covid-19 and a decrease in hospitalizations, indicated this Friday to the Directorate-General for Health (DGS).
According to the DGS weekly epidemiological bulletin, compared to the previous week, there were 750 fewer cases of infection, with an increase of five deaths in the comparison between the two periods.
As for hospital occupancy in mainland Portugal by covid-19, the DGS released on Fridays the data on hospitalizations referring to the Monday before the publication of the report.
Based on this last condition, the bulletin indicates that, at the fair, 470 were hospitalized, 29 less than on the same day of the previous week, with 36 people in intensive care units, less than on the same day of the previous week.
According to the DGS bulletin, the seven-day difficulty, on Monday, in the 179 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants, having registered an increase of 4% compared to the previous week, the transmissibility index (Rt) of the coronavirus passed for the 1.02.
By region, Lisbon and Vale do Tejo recorded 5,273 cases between 23 and 29 August, 1,175 less than in the previous period, and 18 deaths, plus seven.
The Central region accounted for 3,989 cases (377 less) and eight (three more) deaths and the North totaled 5,930 cases of infection (590 more) and 12 deaths (two less).
In Alentejo, there were 623 positive cases (less 75) and two deaths (less two) and in the Algarve there were 1,006 infections by SARS-CoV-2 (less 147) and one death (less two).
As for the autonomous regions, the Azores had 1,077 new infections in the last seven days (219 more) and one death (the same number as the previous week), while Madeira recorded 569 cases in this period (79 less) and two deaths (more hum), according to DGS data.
According to the report, the age group between 60 and 69 years old presented the highest number of cases within seven days (2,913), followed by people between 50 and 59 years old (2,846), while children up to 9 years old were the group with the fewest infections (752) this week.
Of the total admissions, 186 were elderly people over 80 years old, followed by the age group from 70 to 79 years old (128) and from 60 to 69 years old (60).
The DGS also recorded three admissions in the age group of children up to 9 years old, four from 10 to 19 years old, nine from 20 to 29 years old, 15 from 30 to 39 years old, 14 from 40 to 49 years old and 35 from 50 to 59 years old. .
The bulletin also mentions that, in these seven days, 27 elderly people over 80 years of age died, 10 people between 70 and 79 years old, five between 60 and 69 years old, one between 50 and 59 years old and one between 40 and 49 years old. years old.
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