Madeira Situation Report Wednesday 15th June 2022
by Daniel Fernandes
Brief Covid-19 update
On June 13th, there were 93 patients hospitalised in the general Covid-19 unit (27 non-vaccinated, 2 vaccinated with the first shot, 57 fully vaccinated, 7 vaccinated with a booster shot), and 2 hospitalised patients in the Covid-19 intensive care unit. (1 non-vaccinated, 1 fully vaccinated). As for the age of the hospitalised patients who are in the general Covid-19 unit, 1, is aged 0-17, 22 are aged 18-65 and 70 are 65 or older. The patients in intensive care is aged 65 or older.
There were 15 deaths from June 6th to June 13th. There had been a total of 305 deaths.
On June 14th, it was announced that there had been 13 new Covid-19 cases in the Region’s schools in the previous 24 hours (8 students, 2 teachers and 3 non-teaching staff).
First ever Covid-19 outbreak in Madeira prison
The only prison in the Madeira Region faced its first ever Covid-19 outbreak. As of June 6th, there had been 45 Covid-19 cases among the inmates. They are in prophylactic isolation, under monitoring by the prison’s medical staff, and have their own period of outdoor time in isolation from the remaining inmates.
Water supply disruption
There will be a water supply disruption today, from 09h00 to 12h00, at Rua Passeio da Quinta do Salvador, as a result of planned work on the water supply chain. The following areas will be affected:
– Rua Passeio da Quinta do Salvador
– Rua da Quinta Aragem
– Impasse 1 da Rua da Quinta Aragem
– Beco da Quinta do Salvador
Power cut
Empresa de Electricidade da Madeira (Madeira power supplier) announced there will be power cuts due to scheduled work on the electricity supply network. These cannot be postponed and will take place in the following days and places:
FUNCHAL
June 15th – 09h00 to 11h30
– Caminho do Galeão (numbers 33 and 35)
– Impasse Jardim Botânico (number 4, numbers 8 to 14)
FUNCHAL
June 15th – 09h00 to 12h00
– Rua João Paulo II (numbers 1, 4, 5, 6, 8A and 10)
– Rampa do Pico da Cruz (number 1)
CANIÇAL
June 17th – 08h00 to 10h00
– Zona Franca Industrial – Platform 28
However, power could be restored during the time frame mentioned above. So, for safety purposes, it should be assumed that there will be power at any time during this period of time.
If necessary, customers can contact the free Customer Support Service number (Serviço de Apoio ao Cliente): 800 221 187.