– LISBON.
There are 106 more people infected. It is the lowest number in the last three months.
There was no record of deaths from coronavirus in the last 24 hours in Portugal. This is the first time since the pandemic began.
According to Monday’s DGS bulletin, there are 106 more infected with covid-19, the lowest number since May 3. The document indicates that, since the beginning of the pandemic until today, there are 51569 confirmed cases of infection and 1738 deaths.
There are currently 390 people hospitalized. The number of patients in intensive care units has increased in the last 24 hours to 42, (the day before there were 41).
The number of people recovered from the disease is now 37111, 127 more than Sunday. There are 1423 people awaiting laboratory results, minus 124.
It should also be noted that Lisbon and Vale do Tejo registered 66 of the new cases of covid-19, 17 in the North Region, 10 in the Center, 2 in the Alentejo and 5 in the Algarve.
In Madeira there were 5 new infected and one more, in the Azores archipelago.
The most common symptoms (recorded in 90% of confirmed cases) are cough (35%), fever (27%), muscle pain (21%) and headache (20%). These symptoms are followed by generalized weakness (14%) and difficulty breathing (10%).
The lethality rate is 15% in the age group over 70 years
DGS Conference
“We know that we continue to make the best decisions,” said the Secretary of State for Health, António Lacerda Sales, regarding the decrease in the number of infected in Portugal.
“It is a reason for great satisfaction. It has been very difficult. We are very happy”: It was in this way that Sales, emotionally, confirmed the absence of deaths in the country due to the pandemic, confirming that it is very complicated to give sad news on a daily basis.
However, the Secretary of State stated that “not relaxing the rules” is what must be done for the country to continue to recover, in particular alerting the population on vacation.
“It is not true”, continued António Sales, denying the cancellation of tests to high risk contacts.
Regarding the number of health professionals infected with coronavirus, there are a total of 4,195. Of these, 553 are doctors, 1289 are nurses, 1227 are operational assistants and 166 technical assistants. There are currently 636 infected professionals.
There are 3559 health professionals recovered from the coronavirus.
“If we have a case, the likelihood of that case having contact with other people today is substantially greater,” said the deputy general director of Health, adding that it is essential to maintain surveillance to “cut” with the contamination chains.
