Algarve Situation Report – Saturday 2nd January 2021
Covid-19 Data from ARS Algarve
- These are the statistics as at 23:59 hrs 31st December
- New cases last 24 hrs – 197
- Confirmed to date – 7695
- Hospitalised – 54 – In ICU 11 (7 ventilated)
- At home: 1372
- Recovered last 24 hrs -76
- Recovered to date: 6245 (81.1%)
- Deaths to date – 78
- No under Contact active surveillance – 2372
Portimão registers the highest number of daily cases in the last 14 days
The highest daily value of the last 14 days, was recorded on the last day of 2020.
According to the municipality on its Facebook page, 19 new cases were registered on Thursday, 7 of which occurred in the same household.
The bulletin of the local health authority also confirms 101 active cases and 6 recovered. At the moment, the municipality is at a moderate risk level, with 11 cases of re-entering the level of high risk of contagion.
The municipality calls for compliance with the restrictions set until the 4th of January, namely the circulation on the public road after 13:00 (until the 3rd).
The news on this last day of the year is not encouraging for the municipality of Lagos.
According to DGS data, 24 cases in Lagos were confirmed yesterday, bringing the cumulative total of the last 14 days to 91 cases, with the municipality having “high risk” values.
On the Facebook page, the municipality warns that the situation is “urgent”, because if the growth trend continues, “it is possible that we may even enter very high risk levels”, in the next reassessment by the Council of Ministers, he stresses.
The municipality speaks of a situation that can bring “very serious consequences”, not only in terms of public health, but also for the lives of families and the local economy, appealing both to residents and visitors, who adopt it especially during this New Year period though preventive behaviour to avoid the increase of new cases.
At the moment the municipality has 92 active cases and 7 more recovered.