Azores Situation Report Wednesday 2nd June 2021
From our colleague in the Azores
Azores Fare.
Passengers, resident in the Azores can travel back and forth between the islands of the archipelago, starting today, for the maximum price of 60 euros.
Reservations related to the so-called ‘Azores Fare’ can be made through the sales channels of SATA Air Azores, which makes inter-island trips, and travel agencies.
Passengers who have already purchased a ticket with the normal resident fare for inter-island travel starting today (and who have not yet started their travels), may request a refund of the differential for the Azores Fare.
Azores Bathing Season
The bathing season started yesterday, Tuesday 1st June in the Azores. There are 32 zones, and a manual on the use of these spaces is being finalized in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, which does not provide for fines, but warns users of their responsibility.
82 bathing waters are available for the public to use this year, six of which are for the first time.
Covid-19
29th May.
18 new positive cases of Covid-19 were diagnosed in the Azores, all in São Miguel, in the context of community transmission, resulting from 2,197 tests carried out in reference laboratories in the Region.
The municipality of Ribeira Grande registered 10 cases (five in Rabo de Peixe, two in Ribeirinha, two in Lomba de São Pedro and one in Pico da Pedra). In the municipality of Ponta Delgada there were three new cases (one in Capelas, one in Santa Clara and one in Fenais da Luz), in the municipality of Vila Franca do Campo there was a new case in São Miguel and in the municipality of Lagoa there are four new cases, in Cabouco.
Tthere were a total of 19 recoveries. With the recovery of the only positive case on the island of São Jorge, it has no positive cases.
30th May.
32 new positive cases of Covid-19 were diagnosed in the Azores, all in São Miguel, in the context of community transmission, resulting from 2,340 tests carried out in reference laboratories in the Region.
The municipality of Ribeira Grande registered 20 cases (14 in Rabo de Peixe, two in Ribeirinha, two in Matriz, one in Conceição and one in Porto Formoso). In the municipality of Ponta Delgada there were 11 new cases: three in Arrifes, three in Fenais da Luz, two in Capelas, two in São José and one in Fajã de Baixo. In the municipality of Vila Franca do Campo there was a new case, in São Pedro.
There was a total of 21 recoveries
31st May.
23 new positive cases of Covid-19 were diagnosed in the Azores in, all on the island of São Miguel, in the context of community transmission, following 945 tests carried out in the reference laboratories of the Region.
The municipality of Ribeira Grande registered 11 cases (three in Rabo de Peixe, six in Ribeirinha, one in Matriz and one in Porto Formoso). There were 11 new cases in the municipality of Ponta Delgada (two in Arrifes, two in Capelas, two in Relva, one in São Sebastião, one in São Pedro, one in Santa Clara, one in Fajã de Baixo and one in Fenais da Luz). In the municipality of Vila Franca do Campo, there was a new case in Ponta Garça.
There has been a total of 21 recoveries.
1st June.
19 new positive cases of Covid-19 were diagnosed in the Azores, all on the island of São Miguel, following 2,312 tests carried out in the reference laboratories of the Region and two in independent laboratories. One case concerns a traveller, non-resident, who tested positive upon arrival. All the other cases refer to the community transmission.
The municipality of Ribeira Grande registers 10 cases (four in Rabo de Peixe, two in Ribeirinha, two in Matriz, one in Maia and one in Lomba da Maia). In the municipality of Ponta Delgada, there are six new cases (three in São Vincente Ferreira, one in Santo António, one in Fenais da Luz and one in Covoada). In the municipality of Vila Franca do Campo there was a new case in Ponta Garça and in the municipality of Nordeste, there was also a new case in Vila do Nordeste.
There have been a total of 31 recoveries.
As of today, there are 13 patients hospitalised, all in the Divino Espírito Santo Hospital in Ponta Delgada, with three of them in intensive care.
The archipelago currently has 277 active positive cases, all on the island of São Miguel.
There are no active local transmission chains and 203 have been extinguished so far. There are 1,396 people under active surveillance.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, 5,578 positive cases of Covid-19 have been diagnosed in the Azores and 5,138 people recovered from the disease.
There were 33 deaths, 79 people who left the archipelago and 51 cases with history of previous cure. Up to now, 506,949 tests have been carried out in the archipelago for SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes Covid-19 disease.
From December 31st, 2020 until May 28th, 126,130 doses of Covid-19 vaccine were administered in the Azores, corresponding to 79,832 people aged 16 years or more who received the first dose, and 46,298 people who received both doses, under the Regional Vaccination Plan.