Azores Situation Report Saturday 22nd May 2021
From our colleague in the Azores
19th May
21 new positive cases of covid-19 were registered in the Azores, with 19 on the island of São Miguel, one on the island of Terceira and one on the island of São Jorge, following 2,383 tests carried out in the reference laboratories of the Region.
On the island of São Miguel, 18 cases were diagnosed in the context of community transmission and one related to a traveler, non-resident, who tested positive upon arrival. There are 10 new cases in the municipality of Ribeira Grande (eight in Rabo de Peixe, one in Ribeirinha and one in Matriz). There are five new cases in the municipality of Vila Franca do Campo (three in Água de Alto and two in Ribeira Seca). There are three new cases in the municipality of Ponta Delgada (one in Livramento, one in São Roque and one in São Pedro). In the municipality of Povoação, a new case was registered in the parish of Furnas.
On the island of Terceira, a new case was diagnosed in the municipality of Praia da Vitoria, parish of Santa Cruz, concerning a traveller, non-resident, who tested positive on the 6th day. On the island of São Jorge, one case was diagnosed in the municipality of Velas (Santo Amaro), concerning a traveller, non-resident, who tested positive on the 12th day
There were 29 recoveries, with 27 on the island of São Miguel and two on the island of Flores, that currently has no active cases.
20th May
21 new positive cases of covid-19 were diagnosed in the Azores, all on the island of São Miguel, in the context of community transmission, following 2,382 tests carried out in the reference laboratories of the Region.
There are 13 new cases in the municipality of Ribeira Grande (10 in Rabo de Peixe, one in Ribeirinha, one in Pico da Pedra and one in the Conceição). In the municipality of Ponta Delgada, there is a new case in the parish of São Pedro, and in the municipality of Vila Franca do Campo, there are six new cases (three in Água de Alto and three in São Pedro). In the municipality of Nordeste, there is a new case in the parish of Lomba da Fazenda.
In the same period, there were a total of 18 recoveries.
21st May
26 new positive cases of covid-19 were diagnosed in the Azores, with 24 on the island of São Miguel, in the context of community transmission, and two on the island of Pico, concerning travelers, non-residents who tested positive on the 6th day. During the same period, 2,364 tests were carried out in the reference laboratories of the Region.
On the island of São Miguel, there are 17 new cases in the municipality of Ribeira Grande (10 in Rabo de Peixe, two in Ribeirinha, one in Ribeira Seca, one in Matriz, two in Pico da Pedra and one in the Conceição). There are three new cases in the municipality of Ponta Delgada (one in São José, one in São Vincente Ferreira and one in Arrifes). In the municipality of Vila Franca do Campo, there are four new cases in Água de Alto.
On the island of Pico, two cases were diagnosed in the municipality of São Roque (one in São Roque and one in Santa Luzia).
There has been a total of 25 recoveries, with 21 recoveries in Rabo de Peixe (see table at the end).
There are six patients in hospital, five in the Divino Espírito Santo Hospital in Ponta Delgada, with one patient in intensive care and one in Santo Espírito Hospital in Angra do Heroísmo.
One of the positive cases of the parish of Rosto do Cão (São Roque) in the municipality of Ponta Delgada submitted documentation demonstrating a previous infection and its recovery, and therefore is no longer considered an active case in the Region.
The archipelago currently has 239 active positive cases: 232 on the island of São Miguel, four on the island of Terceira, two on the island of Pico and one on the island of São Jorge. There is an active transmission chain on the island of Terceira and 202 have been extinguished. There are 1,045 people under active surveillance.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, 5,305 positive cases of covid-19 have been diagnosed in the Azores and 4,905 people recovered from the disease. There were 32 deaths, 79 people who left the archipelago and 49 cases with history of previous cure. Up to now, 484,483 tests have been carried out in the archipelago for SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes the covid-19 disease.
From December 31st, 2020 until May 18th, 100,505 doses of covid-19 vaccine were administered in the Azores, corresponding to 66,505 people aged 15 years or more who received the first dose, and 34,000 people who received both doses, under the Regional Vaccination Plan.