The coronavirus epidemic is accelerating in Portugal with an additional 260 cases and double the death in 24 hours. The Portuguese General Directorate of Health released these figures today with a total of 1,280 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Portugal and 12 deaths. 644 are in the northern region, 448 in the Lisbon region, 137 in the central region and 31 in the Algarve. The Azores have 3 cases, Madeira five there are three confirmed cases in the Alentejo. Only five patients have so far recovered completely from the coronavirus. Lisbob, the expatriate assistant in Portugal, tells you all about the evolution of the coronavirus epidemic.
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1,280 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Portugal, doubling of deaths in 24 hours
In a single day, there were 260 new cases of new coronavirus, the largest daily increase since there have been registrations. There are only five cases recovered. There are 1280 people in Portugal with Covid-19 and 12 people have already died of the new coronavirus, that is double in 24 hours.
This is the last report of the DGS, known this Saturday and which reports the data obtained until the end of Friday.
The number of people infected with coronavirus recorded the largest daily increase: in a single day, 260 new cases of Covid were confirmed, exceeding the maximum of 235 cases in 24 hours recorded Thursday, according to the epidemiological report.
Among the 1,280 people infected, 156 people are admitted to hospitals and there are even 35 admissions recorded in intensive care units, nine more than on Thursday. On Friday, there was no change in the number of patients recovered, now at five the number of cases that have stopped testing positive for the new coronavirus.
Situation of coronavirus outbreak in Portugal on 21/03 - Source: DGS
DGS is also reporting 9,854 suspected cases of Covid-19 infection, with 1,059 people currently awaiting laboratory test results. 13,155 contacts are monitored by health authorities. The North remains the region with the highest number of people infected with the new coronavirus, with a record of 644 cases, followed by the region of Lisbon and Vale do Tejo (448 cases), the Center (137 cases) and the Algarve (31 cases).
The Madeira region has five infected people; The Azores and Alentejo have three cases each. In the northern and central regions, four of the people infected with this outbreak have already died; in Lisbon and the Tagus Valley, three deaths have been recorded.
In the Algarve, one person died from Covid-19. The greatest number of infected people is in the age group between 40 and 49 years. Friday was the first day that Portugal was in a state of emergency, limiting travel to the bare minimum and ordering the closure of non-essential services.
