Azores Situation Report Wednesday 9th February 2022
From our colleague in the Azores
9th February 2022
1,376 new positive cases of covid-19 were diagnosed, with 914 on the island of São Miguel, 305 on the island of Terceira, 39 on the island of Faial, 39 on the island of São Jorge, 29 on the island of Pico, 27 on the island of Santa Maria, 19 on the island of Graciosa and four on the island of Flores, following 4,444 tests carried out.
Recoveries:
A total of 795 recoveries were registered.
Death:
In the last 24 hours, a 93-year-old man residing in the parish of Arrifes, municipality of Ponta Delgada, on the island of São Miguel died from covid-19. He was not vaccinated.
3rd February 2022
1,594 new positive cases of covid-19 were diagnosed, with 1,059 on the island of São Miguel, 346 on the island of Terceira, 57 on the island of Graciosa, 41 on the island of Pico, 38 on the island of Faial, 27 on the island of São Jorge, 15 on the island of Santa Maria and 11 on the island of Flores, following 4,979 tests carried out.
Recoveries:
A total of 909 recoveries were registered.
Deaths:
In the last 24 hours, three people died at the Divino Espírito Santo Hospital on the island of São Miguel, all from the municipality of Ribeira Grande: a 74-year-old man, resident in Rabo de Peixe, who had been hospitalised since January 26th and had received booster vaccination, an 81-year-old man, resident in Ribeirinha, who had been hospitalised since January 31st, and a 96-year-old woman, resident in Ribeira Seca, who had been hospitalised since January 26th and had received booster vaccination.
4th January 2022
1,423 new positive cases of covid-19 were diagnosed, with 1,095 on the island of São Miguel, 234 on the island of Terceira, 28 on the island of Faial, 26 on the island of São Jorge, 20 on the island of Pico, 12 on the island of Santa Maria, six on the island of Graciosa and two on the island of Flores, following 4,941 tests.
Recoveries:
A total of 855 recoveries were registered.
Deaths:
In the last 24 hours, two people died at the Divino Espírito Santo Hospital in Ponta Delgada, both from the municipality of Ponta Delgada: an 84-year-old woman, resident in Relva, vaccinated, but without booster dose, and a 91-year-old woman, resident in Arrifes, vaccinated with a single dose.
5th January 2022
1,404 new positive cases of covid-19 were diagnosed, 947 in São Miguel, 293 in Terceira, 43 in Graciosa, 37 in Pico, 34 in São Jorge, 25 in Santa Maria, 19 in Faial and six in Flores, resulting from 4,875 analyses.
Recoveries:
378 recoveries were recorded.
6th January 2022
1,051 new positive cases of covid-19 were diagnosed, with 707 in São Miguel, 217 in Terceira, 39 in Faial, 33 in São Jorge, 27 in Pico, 16 in Santa Maria, 10 in Graciosa and two in Flores, resulting from 3,477 analyses.
Recoveries:
In the last 24 hours, 1,043 recoveries were recorded.
Deaths:
Two deaths were recorded in the archipelago, one in Terceira, a 68-year-old man, vaccinated with a booster dose, resident in Parish São Sebastião, municipality of Angra do Heroísmo, who had been hospitalized at the Hospital de Santo Espírito since 25th January. The other death occurred in São Miguel and corresponded to an 80-year-old woman, unvaccinated, residing in the parish of São Miguel, Vila Franca do Campo, hospitalized at Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo, since last January 17th.
7th January 2022
1,140 new positive cases of covid-19 were diagnosed, with 1,012 on the island of São Miguel, 83 on the island of Terceira, 25 on the island of Graciosa, 10 on the island of Santa Maria, seven on the island of Pico, two on the island of Flores and one on the island of Faial, following 2,061 tests carried out.
Recoveries:
A total of 1,087 recoveries were registered in the last 24 hours.
Deaths:
In the last 24 hours, a 73-year-old man and a 79-year-old woman died at Ponta Delgada Hospital. Both were residents of Lomba da Maia, municipality of Ribeira Grande. The man had been hospitalised since February 2nd and had complete primary vaccination; the woman, who had not been vaccinated, had been hospitalised since February 5th.
8th January 2022
1,247 new positive cases of covid-19 were diagnosed, with 667 on the island of São Miguel, 360 on the island of Terceira, 67 on the island of Faial, 53 on the island of Pico, 38 on the island of Graciosa, 28 on the island of Santa Maria, 26 on the island of São Jorge and eight on the island of Flores, following 4,383 tests carried out.
Hospitalisations:
As of yesterday, there were 65 patients in hospital, 45 of them at the Divino Espírito Santo Hospital on the island of São Miguel (three in intensive care), 14 at the Santo Espírito Hospital of Terceira Island (two in intensive care) and six at the Horta Hospital.
Recoveries:
A total of 858 recoveries were registered.
Current situation:
The archipelago currently registers 17,080 active positive cases: 13,854 on the island of São Miguel, 2,302 on the island of Terceira, 281 on the island of Faial, 186 on the island of Graciosa, 181 on the island of Pico, 180 on the island of São Jorge, 78 on Santa Maria and 18 on the island of Flores.
From December 31st, 2020, to February 7th, 2022, 208,184 people in the Azores already have complete primary vaccination (88.0%) and 96,307 people have already received the booster dose (40.7%).
As of February 4th, 5,731 children had been inoculated with the first dose of the vaccine, corresponding to 33.6% of 17,033 children between the ages of 5 and 11.
Tanker runs aground on islet in Graciosa
The tanker “São Jorge” ran aground this morning on the islet of Praia, in Graciosa, Azores, but the authorities managed to seal “all the fuel tanks”, ensuring and preventing an environmental accident along the coast.
The accident resulted in extensive damage to the ship’s propellers and side, which led to water entering the engine room which was contained by sealing.
All fuel tanks containing diesel and gasoline were also sealed.
Man has heart attack while swimming
A 43-year-old man died on Monday after going into cardiac arrest after allegedly feeling unwell while swimming in the Pesqueiro pool, in Ponta Delgada.
The man was rescued ashore by the lifeguard on duty, with the help of people nearby, resuscitation manoeuvres were immediately started by the Ponta Delgada Volunteer Firefighters and an Immediate Life Support nurse, with the help of elements of the Maritime Police.
The victim was later transported, in a very serious condition, by the Ponta Delgada Volunteer Firefighters to the Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo, where he died.