Algarve Situation Report Saturday 22nd May 2021
Covid.19: Algarve decreases active cases and hospitalizations compared to last week
The Algarve has 296 active cases in Covid.19, informed the District Civil Protection Commission of Faro based on data from ARS Algarve.
Up to yesterday, 21,827 were infected, 22 more in the last 24 hours and 21,175 recovered (cumulative).
There are 289 patients recovering at home and 7 hospitalized, 2 in the Intensive Care Units and 1 ventilated. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 356 deaths have been recorded in the region.
Currently, 1,011 people are under active surveillance.
Compared to last week’s bulletin, 26 fewer active cases and 129 new cases are confirmed. Another 154 people are recovered.
There are 2 less hospitalized patients (7), 2 less patients in intensive care (2) and 2 less ventilated patients (1). Under active surveillance there are 11 fewer people.
Covid.19: Algarve with 4 counties on alert (+ 120 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants)
The Council of Ministers held this Thursday, defined the counties that advance and retreat in the lack of definition and those that are in a state of alert.
At the usual press conference, held in Lisbon, the Minister of the Presidency, Mariana Vieira da Silva, explained that, of the ten municipalities that are on the alert level with more than 120 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants in the country, 4 are from the Algarve: Albufeira, Lagoa, Tavira and Vila do Bispo.
In the Algarve region, today’s bulletin reveals that 18 cases were registered, with 22,080 infections accumulating and 362 deaths.
Algarve has 17 more beaches with Gold Quality
The Algarve is the region of the country that gained the most beaches with Gold Quality in 2021, compared to last year. Altogether, there are 17 more bathing areas in the Algarve that will raise this award given by Quercus, bringing the total to 93.
According to the environmental association that attributed this flag that distinguishes the quality of bathing water from Portuguese beaches, in the bathing season of 2021 392 beaches with Gold Quality were identified in Portugal, «6 more than in 2020».
“Of the awarded beaches, 329 are coastal beaches, 52 are inland beaches and 11 are transition beaches. The increase in Quality of Gold beaches in the Algarve region stands out this year (plus 17 awards), which represents an increase of about 18%”, illustrated Quercus, in a press release.
Despite this strong rise in the Algarve, the Tagus and West region remains the most awarded, with 100 beaches of Gold Quality, six less than a year ago.
In the North region, the third with the most awarded beaches (72), there was also an increase (+6).
Next are the Azores (42 in total, two less beaches than in 2020), Madeira (30, plus 7), Alentejo (28, minus 1) and Centro (27, minus 15 and “record holder” in the loss of awards).
In 2021, Quercus was based on three major criteria for the attribution of the Gold Quality Beach classification.