Madeira Situation report by Daniel Fernandes Monday 22 of June
Covid-19 update
There was a new Covid-19 case yesterday, after a suspected case was confirmed. The new case is from a passenger who had landed at Funchal Airport on Saturday. The passenger lives in the Funchal Municipality and had flown in from Lisbon,
where he had been staying since February. He is in isolation in a designated hotel. The number of cases is now 92. There are 89 recoveries and 3 active cases.
There are 497 people under active monitoring and 582 people in self-monitoring. As of Saturday, there had been 1,546 suspected cases, 1,454 of which had come back negative.
As for Covid-19 testing, 20,607 samples from 18,476 people have been analysed at Laboratório de Patologia Clínica do SESARAM (Madeira Health Service lab).
The SRS 24 helpline (Regional Health Service – 800 24 24 20) received 20 calls from Saturday to Sunday. Overall, the total number of calls made to this helpline is 8,680. The Covid-19 mental health helpline (219 212 399 – available
every day from 9h00 to 21h00) that was set up to provide emotional and mental support to Madeira residents has received 1,389 calls, with 145 people being monitored.
Power cut
Empresa de Electricidade da Madeira (Madeira power supplier) announced there will be a power cuts in Funchal, in the following days, due to planned work on the electricity
supply network. The following area will be affected:
23rd June – 09h00 to 11h30 & 14h00 to 16h00
Caminho da Casa Velha (numbers 88 to 107) & Caminho Três Paus à Viana (numbers 61 to 148)
Vereda da Bela Vista (number 2)
Travessa do Pomar
Escadinhas dos Três Paus à Viana
24th June – 09h00 to 11h30
Caminho do Meio (number 108) & Caminho da Casa Velha (number 99)
Rua da Ladeira
Vereda do Clube da Choupana (number 34)
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 (Serviço de Apoio ao Cliente): 800 221 187.