Covid-19 in Portugal: fewer cases and hospitalizations in the last week | Pandemic
Portugal recorded, between 23 and 29 August, 18,467 infections with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, 44 deaths associated with covid-19 and a decrease in hospitalizations, indicated this Friday 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. There was, however, a increase of five deaths comparing 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. Last Monday, 470 people were hospitalized, 2 less than on the same day of the previous week, with 36 patients in intensive care units, less.
According to the DGS bulletin, the seven-day difficulty was, on Monday, at 179 cases per 100 million inhabitants, having registered an increase of 4% compared to the previous week, and the transmissibility index –R (t ) – for the coronavirus, it went to 1.02.
By region, Lisbon and Vale do Tejo recorded 5273 cases between 23 and 29 August, 1175 less than in the previous period, and 18 deaths, plus seven. The Central region accounted for 3989 cases (377 less) and eight (three more) and the North totaled 5930 cases of infection (590 more) and 12 deaths (two less deaths). In Alentejo there were 623 positive cases (minus 75) and two deaths (minus two) and in the Algarve there were 1006 infections by SARS-CoV-2 (minus 147) and one death (minus two).
As for the autonomous regions, the Azores had 1077 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 that 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 (2913), followed by people between 50 and 59 years old (2846), while children up to 9 years old were the group with the least help (752) this week.
Of the 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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