Algarve Situation Report Saturday 29th May 2021
The Algarve has 233 active cases in Covid.19, informed the District Civil Protection Commission of Faro based on data from ARS Algarve.
Up to yesterday, 21,952 were infected, 33 more in the last 24 hours and 21,363 recovered (cumulative).
There are 223 patients recovering at home and 10 hospitalized, 2 in the Intensive Care Units and 1 ventilated. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 356 deaths have been recorded in the region since the start of the pandemic.
839 people are currently under active surveillance.
Compared to last week’s bulletin, 63 fewer active cases and 125 new cases are confirmed. Another 188 people are recovered.
There are 3 more hospitalized (10), maintaining the number of patients in intensive care (2) and ventilated (1). Under active surveillance there are fewer 172 people.
British turnover in the Algarve soared 231% last weekend
Thanks to the reopening of the air corridor between the United Kingdom and Portugal, British turnover at national level increased by 80% between the second and third weeks of May.
In the Algarve, the increase in British billing was substantial, but pre-pandemic values have not yet been reached, according to a statement from Reduniq, which says it is the largest national network for accepting payments by national and foreign cards.
According to the same source, with the resumption of British flights to Portugal on 17 May, last week (17 to 23 May) there was an increase of 80% in billing from British payment cards across the country, comparatively to the previous week.
This growth was reflected, above all, in the Algarve, where the total turnover of the district’s businesses rose 13% in the week of the reopening of the borders compared to the previous week. Of these results, 53% are due to the increase in British visitors.
In relation to the consumption of the English in the district of Faro, spending skyrocketed by more than 111% from the week of May 10 to 16 for the week of May 17 to 23, with emphasis on the weekend of May 22 and 23, period in which British turnover in the Algarve region increased by 231% over the previous weekend.
Even so, according to data collected by Reduniq, this growth is still not enough to reach pre-pandemic billing levels, since the total British billing maintains a drop of around 55%, compared to the same period in 2019. .
The total turnover for tourist activities in the region (which includes hotels, rent-a-car, travel agencies and airlines) increased by 82% in the last week compared to the previous week.
In a more detailed analysis by the hotel sector, there was an increase of 57%, in the week of May 17th to 23rd, compared to the previous week. Here, too, values remain below 46% in the same period of 2019. The restoration of the region increased 24% from May 10 to 16 to May 17 to 23, still maintaining a drop of 14% compared to the same period in 2019.
INEM’s new building is an investment by the municipality of Loulé but will serve the entire region. Urgent Patients Orientation Centre (CODU) returns to the Algarve.
In an investment of close to 1.8 million euros, the construction of the new INEM facilities started today in the city of Loulé with good news for the Algarve: after a few years of absence, the region will once again have a delegation from the Centro de Guidance for Urgent Patients (CODU) of the Algarve, a key component in the emergency medical and relief services, which will be integrated in this building.
Between 2000 and 2012, this service was active but, since then, it has functioned as an extension of CODU Lisboa (which covers the entire area between Fátima and the south of the country).
«We were left with the valence of the activation and, for some time to this part, there has been a progressive resumption of valences that we hope that, with the publication of the statutes and the formal creation of the regional delegation, there will be a CODU in the Algarve in full », Said Carlos Raposo, regional responsible for the institution, yesterday, Thursday, May 27th.