Azores Situation Report- Saturday 17th July 2021
From our colleague in the Azores
TUI
As part of the ongoing process of recovery of the Tourism sector in the Autonomous Region of the Azores, and particularly in terms of air access, an essential pillar for this purpose, TUI Holanda, through its air operator TUI FLY, today resumed air connections to the Azores.
It is a circular flight from Amsterdam to Terceira, with the final destination, Ponta Delgada, a connection that had been suspended in 2020 due to the covid-19 pandemic.
The air operation resumed yesterday, with flight OR699, and with its usual configuration, the tourist flows of one of the relevant strategic markets for the Azores destination, which is the Dutch market.
In 2019, this market had a total of 93,768 overnight stays in the Azores – ion Terceira Island, from 2014 to 2019 there was a 10.2% growth in Dutch tourists.
The operation runs until September 29th, 2021, always on Wednesdays, in a total of 12 flights, operated by a Boeing 737 and with an estimated total number of 1,800 seats.
14th July 2021
47 new positive cases of covid-19 were diagnosed in the Azores, with 41 on the island of São Miguel, two on the island of Terceira, two on the island of Pico and two on the island of Faial, following 2,576 tests carried out in the reference laboratories of the Region and one in an independent laboratory.
On the island of São Miguel, four of the new cases concern non-resident travellers who tested positive on the 6th day. Two non-resident travelers in the parish of Santo António de Nordestinho, municipality of Nordeste, tested positive on the 6th day. A non-resident traveller in the parish of Candelária, municipality of Ponta Delgada, tested positive on the 6th day. A non-resident traveler in the parish of Ginetes, municipality of Ponta Delgada, tested positive on the 6th day. The other cases are related to community transmission.
Thus, in the municipality of Lagoa there were five new cases (two in Santa Cruz, two in Rosário and one in Água de Pau). In the municipality of Ponta Delgada, 26 new cases were registered (seven in Arrifes, seven in Rosto do Cão — São Roque —, four in Rosto do Cão — Livramento —, three in São José, two in São Sebastião, one in Capelas, one in Candelária and one in Ginetes). There were five new cases in the municipality of Ribeira Grande (two in Rabo de Peixe, one in Pico da Pedra, one in Calheta and one in Ribeira Seca). There were three new cases in the municipality of Vila Franca do Campo (one in Ponta Garça, one in São Pedro and one in São Miguel). In the municipality of Nordeste, there were two new cases in Santo António de Nordestinho.
On the island of Terceira, there were two new cases in the municipality of Praia da Vitoria (one in Fontinhas and one in Fonte do Bastardo), related to interisland travelers from São Miguel, who tested positive upon arrival.
On the island of Pico, there were two new cases, one in São Mateus, municipality of Madalena, of a resident, who tested positive upon arrival from São Miguel. There was also a positive case in Vila de São Roque, municipality of São Roque, of a non-resident, who tested positive on the 6th day, related to inter-island travel from São Miguel.
On the island of Faial, there were two new cases in Angústias, one of which is a resident traveller who tested positive on the 6th day, originating a new primary transmission chain. The other case concerns a resident.
42 recoveries have been registered.
15th July 2021
51 new positive cases of covid-19 were diagnosed in the Azores, with 38 on the island of São Miguel, seven on the island of Terceira, four on the island of Pico, one on the island of São Jorge and one on the island of Flores, following 2,249 tests carried out in the reference laboratories of the Region and one in an independent laboratory.
On the island of São Miguel, all cases are related to community transmission. Thus, 24 new cases were registered in the municipality of Ponta Delgada. There were seven new cases in the municipality of Ribeira Grande and in the municipality of Vila Franca do Campo there was one case. On the island of Terceira, there were four new cases in the municipality of Praia da Vitória. In the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo, three cases were registered, one of which concerns a traveller, resident in the parish of Terra Chã, who tested positive on the 6th day. It is also verified that a primary local transmission chain has emerged between the municipalities of Praia da Vitoria and Angra do Heroísmo, which origin remains to be assessed.
On the island of Pico there were four new cases in the municipality of Madalena (four travelers, two non-residents, in Vila da Madalena and two residents, one in the parish of Criação Velha and the other in Vila da Madalena, in the municipality of Madalena, who tested positive on the 6th day).
On the island of Flores, there was a new case in the parish of Fajã Grande, municipality of Lajes.
On the island of São Jorge a new case was also registered in Norte Grande (Neves), concerning a resident traveller, who tested positive on the 6th day.
26 recoveries were registered.
16th July 2021
39 new positive cases of covid-19 were diagnosed in the Azores, with 28 on the island of São Miguel, seven on the island of Terceira, three on the island of Flores and one on the island of São Jorge, following 1,923 tests carried out in the reference laboratories of the Region.
On the island of São Miguel, two non-resident travelers tested positive on the 6th day (one in the parish of Ponta Garça, municipality of Vila Franca do Campo and one in the parish of Cabouco, municipality of Lagoa). The other cases are related to community transmission.
Thus, in the municipality of Ponta Delgada, there were 13 new cases, in the municipality of Lagoa, there were eight new cases, in the municipality of Ribeira Grande, there were three new cases and in the municipality of Vila Franca do Campo, there were four new cases.
On the island of Terceira, there were seven new cases in the municipality of Praia da Vitoria. Two new primary local transmission chains have emerged on this island, one being shared between the parishes of Cinco Ribeiras in the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo and the parish of Santa Cruz, municipality of Praia da Vitoria, as result of the presentation of symptomatology of the 1st element of the chain. The other chain, in the parish of Lajes, municipality of Praia da Vitoria, is related to a resident traveler who obtained a positive result on the 6th day. For the remaining positive cases, four are linked to previous chains and one is still to be assessed.
On the island of Flores, there were three new cases concerning travelers, non-residents, in the parish and municipality of Lajes da Flores, who tested positive on the 6th day.
On the island of São Jorge, a new case was also registered in the Vila and municipality of Velas, a non-resident traveller, who tested positive on the 6th day.
22 recoveries were registered.
As of today, 10 patients are hospitalised, nine at the Divino Espírito Santo Hospital in Ponta Delgada and one at the Santo Espírito Hospital in Angra do Heroísmo.
The archipelago currently has 428 active positive cases: 366 on the island of São Miguel, 30 on the island of Terceira, 14 on the island of Pico, seven on the island of São Jorge, eight on the island of Flores and three on the island of Faial. 10 primary local transmission chains are active in the archipelago, five on the island of Terceira, two on the island of Pico, one on the island of Faial, one on the island of São Jorge and one between the island of São Miguel and Flores. To date, 205 have been extinguished on all islands. There are 775 people under active surveillance today.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, 6,900 positive cases of covid-19 have been diagnosed in the Azores and 6,294 people recovered from the disease. There were 34 deaths, 84 people who left the archipelago and 60 cases with history of previous cure. To date, 599,203 tests have been carried out for SARS-CoV-2, which causes covid-19 disease.
From 31st December 2020 to July 8th, 250,705 doses of covid-19 vaccine have been administered in the Azores, with 129.190 people receiving the first dose (53.21 % of the population) and 121.515 people with complete vaccination (50.05 %), under the Regional Vaccination Plan.