Azores Situation Report Wednesday 5th January 2022
From our colleague in the Azores
29th December 2021
249 new positive cases of covid-19 were diagnosed, 164 in São Miguel, 62 in Terceira, 16 in Faial, six in Santa Maria and one in Pico, resulting from 1,765 tests performed.
In São Miguel, 84 new positive cases were registered in the municipality of Ponta Delgada, 26 in the municipality of Ribeira Grande, 22 in the municipality of Nordeste, 17 in the municipality of Lagoa, 10 in the municipality of Vila Franca do Campo and five in the municipality of Povoação.
Terceira registers 33 new positive cases in the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo and 29 in the municipality of Praia da Vitória.
Faial registers 16 new cases corresponding to the municipality of Horta.
Santa Maria has six new positive cases corresponding to the municipality of Vila do Porto and in Pico there is also a record of a new positive case in the municipality of Madalena.
Admissions:
There are 14 inpatients, 13 at the Divino Espírito Santo Hospital, in Ponta Delgada (four at the Intensive Care Unit), and one at the Santo Espírito Hospital on Ilha Terceira.
Recoveries:
87 recoveries were registered.
30th December 2021
288 new positive cases of COVID-19 were diagnosed, with 221 on the island of São Miguel, 37 on the island of Faial, 19 on the island of Terceira, five on the island of Santa Maria, three on the island of Pico, two on the island of Graciosa and one on the island of São Jorge, following 2.177 tests carried out.
On the island of São Miguel, 114 new positive cases were registered in the municipality of Ponta Delgada, 35 in the municipality of Ribeira Grande, 22 in the municipality of Lagoa, 22 in the municipality of Povoação, 21 in the municipality of Vila Franca do Campo and seven in the municipality of Nordeste.
The island of Faial registers 37 new cases in the municipality of Horta.
The island of Terceira registers 11 new positive cases in the municipality of Praia da Vitoria and eight in the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo.
The island of Santa Maria has five new positive cases in the municipality of Vila do Porto, and on the island of Pico, there are three new positive cases in the municipality of Madalena.
On the island of Graciosa two new cases were diagnosed, corresponding to the municipality of Santa Cruz and on the island of São Jorge, in the municipality of Calheta, there is a new case.
Hospitalisations:
There are 14 patients hospitalised, with 13 at the Divino Espírito Santo Hospital in Ponta Delgada (four in Intensive Care Unit) and one in Santo Espírito Hospital of Terceira Island.
Recoveries:
50 recoveries were registered.
31st December 2021
390 new positive cases of Covid-19 were diagnosed, 246 in São Miguel, 97 in Terceira, 18 in Faial, 10 in Pico, six in Flores, six in Santa Maria, five in Graciosa and two in São Jorge, resulting from 5,025 tests performed.
In São Miguel, 140 new positive cases were registered in the municipality of Ponta Delgada, 48 in the municipality of Ribeira Grande, 34 in the municipality of Lagoa, 17 in the municipality of Povoação and seven in the municipality of Vila Franca do Campo.
Terceira registers 51 new positive cases in the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo and 46 in the municipality of Praia da Vitória.
Faial registers 18 new cases corresponding to the municipality of Horta.
Pico registers eight new ones in the municipality of São Roque, one in the municipality of Madalena and one in the municipality of Lajes.
In Flores there are six new cases, four in the municipality of Santa Cruz and two in the municipality of Lajes.
In Santa Maria there are six new cases corresponding to the municipality of Vila do Porto.
In Graciosa there are five new positive cases corresponding to the municipality of Santa Cruz.
In São Jorge there is a new case in the municipality of Calheta and another in the municipality of Velas.
Admissions:
There are 11 inpatients, 10 at the Divino Espírito Santo Hospital, in Ponta Delgada (four in the Intensive Care Unit) and one at the Santo Espírito Hospital on Ilha Terceira.
Recoveries:
69 recoveries were registered.
1st January 2022
392 new positive cases of covid-19 were diagnosed, 266 in São Miguel, 104 in Terceira, 11 in Faial, nine in Pico and two in Santa Maria, resulting from 5,381 tests performed.
In São Miguel, 112 new positive cases were registered in the municipality of Ponta Delgada, 48 in the municipality of Ribeira Grande, 46 in the municipality of Lagoa, 37 in the municipality of Vila Franca do Campo, 12 in the municipality of Povoação and 11 in the municipality of Nordeste.
Terceira registers 50 new positive cases in the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo and 54 in the municipality of Praia da Vitória.
Faial registers 11 new cases corresponding to the municipality of Horta.
Pico registers four new ones in the municipality of Madalena and five in the municipality of São Roque.
In Santa Maria there are two new cases corresponding to the municipality of Vila do Porto.
Death:
A 69-year-old man died at the Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo, in Ponta Delgada, victim of covid-19. He was a resident of Pico da Pedra, municipality of Ribeira Grande.
Admissions:
There are 11 inpatients, 10 at the Divino Espírito Santo Hospital, in Ponta Delgada (four in the Intensive Care Unit) and one at the Santo Espírito Hospital on Ilha Terceira.
Recoveries:
72 recoveries were registered.
2nd January 2022
96 new positive cases of covid-19 were diagnosed, 63 in São Miguel, 20 in Terceira, seven in Pico, four in São Jorge and two in Santa Maria, resulting from 935 tests performed.
In São Miguel, 34 new positive cases were registered in the municipality of Ponta Delgada, 17 in the municipality of Ribeira Grande, nine in the municipality of Lagoa, two in the municipality of Vila Franca do Campo and one in the municipality of Nordeste.
Terceira registers four new positive cases in the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo and 16 in the municipality of Praia da Vitória.
Pico registers seven new cases in the municipality of Lajes, São Jorge registers four cases in the municipality of Calheta and in Santa Maria there are two new cases corresponding to the municipality of Vila do Porto.
Admissions:
There are 15 hospitalized patients, 11 at the Divino Espírito Santo Hospital, in Ponta Delgada (four at the Intensive Care Unit) and four at the Santo Espírito da Ilha Terceira Hospital.
Recoveries:
89 recoveries were registered.
3rd January 2022
179 new positive cases of Covid-19 were diagnosed, with 126 on the island of São Miguel, 33 on the island of Terceira, 17 on the island of Faial, two on the island of Pico and one on the island of Graciosa, following 1,251 tests carried out.
On the island of Sao Miguel, 81 new positive cases were registered in Ponta Delgada, 26 in Ribeira Grande, 14 in Lagoa, four in Vila Franca do Campo and one in Povoação.
The island of Terceira registered 24 new positive cases in the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo and nine in the municipality of Praia da Vitória.
The island of Faial registered 17 new cases in the municipality of Horta, the island of Pico registered two cases in the municipality of Madalena and the island of Graciosa has a new case in the municipality of Santa Cruz.
Hospitalisations:
There are 17 patients hospitalised, 14 of them at the Divino Espírito Santo Hospital in Ponta Delgada (three in Intensive Care) and three at the Santo Espírito Santo Hospital of Terceira Island.
Recoveries:
20 recoveries were registered in the last 24 hours.
4th January 2022
219 new positive cases of covid-19 were diagnosed, with 170 on the island of São Miguel, 20 on the island of Pico, 19 on the island of Faial, six on the island of Terceira and four on the island of Santa Maria, following 2,150 tests carried out.
On the island of Sao Miguel, 89 new positive cases were registered in Ponta Delgada, 43 in Ribeira Grande, 21 in Lagoa, 16 in Vila Franca do Campo and one in Povoação.
The island of Pico registered 11 new positive cases in the municipality of Madalena, six in the municipality of Lajes and three in the municipality of São Roque.
The island of Faial registered 19 new cases in the municipality of Horta.
The island of Terceira registered four new positive cases in the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo and two in the municipality of Praia da Vitória.
In turn, the island of Santa Maria registered four new positive cases in the municipality of Vila do Porto.
Hospitalisations:
There are 16 patients hospitalised, 13 of them at the Divino Espírito Santo Hospital in Ponta Delgada (three in Intensive Care) and three at the Santo Espírito Santo Hospital of Terceira Island.
Recoveries:
A total of 169 recoveries were registered in the last 24 hours.
Death:
In the last 24 hours, the death of a 77-year-old woman, who died from covid-19, was registered at the Divino Espírito Santo Hospital in Ponta Delgada. She resided in the parish of Santa Bárbara, the municipality of Ribeira Grande, and had been hospitalised since December 22.
Current situation:
The archipelago currently registers 2,171 active positive cases: 1,504 on the island of São Miguel, 414 on the island of Terceira, 151 on the island of Faial, 58 on the island of Pico, 24 on the island of Santa Maria, nine on the island of Graciosa, six on the island of Flores and five on the island of São Jorge.
From December 31st, 2020, to December 22nd, 2021, 198,828 people have completed primary vaccination (84%) and 34,528 have already received the vaccine booster dose (3rd dose).
Azores reduce prophylactic isolation to five days
The Regional Health Authority will reduce the period of prophylactic isolation for those infected with SARS-CoV-2 without symptoms and close contacts from 10 to five days.
“Positive cases now have five days of isolation. If you do not have symptoms during these five days, or even at the end of these five days, you will no longer be isolated and will have the obligation of specific and rigorous behavioural care, including the use of a mask”, said Clélio Meneses, at a press conference.
The new criteria for determining prophylactic isolation in the archipelago, announced this Monday, take effect on Tuesday, January 4th.
Portas do Mar vaccination centre in São Miguel reopens on Thursday
The Portas do Mar vaccination centre in Ponta Delgada will reopen next Thursday, earlier than initially planned.
On January 6th the Portas do Mar vaccination post will reopen, as yet another response to the mass vaccination of the population and, at this moment, people between 64 and 50 years old will be vaccinated, with the booster dose. No reservations are required.
The reopening of the vaccination post was scheduled for January 10th.
Families resettled indefinitely at Feteiras
President of the Parish Council said that bad weather forced the relocation of 14 people indefinitely to Feteiras, considering that, of the 13 houses affected by the bad weather, four are uninhabitable.
The bad weather that was felt in the night of December 30th to 31st, on the island of São Miguel, forced the relocation of 14 people for an indefinite period in the parish of Feteiras.
In Terceira, 16 new positive cases were registered, five in the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo and 11 in the municipality of Praia da Vitória.
Clélio Meneses has said that the vaccination process on the island of São Miguel “will go principally to Portas do Mar”, where the Pavilhão do Mar is located, as of January 10th, both for vaccination by scheduling as for the “open house”, this does not require prior appointments.
These positive cases were identified yesterday on the island of Terceira and today on the island of São Miguel, respectively by the Specialized Service of Epidemiology and Molecular Biology of the Hospital de Santo Espírito da Ilha Terceira and by the Genetics and Molecular Pathology Unit of the Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo de Ponta Delgada.
In São Miguel, 32 new positive cases were registered in the municipality of Ponta Delgada, nine in the municipality of Ribeira Grande, nine in the municipality of Lagoa, six in the municipality of Povoação and one in the municipality of Vila Franca do Campo.
In January of next year, the vaccination of children against covid-19 starts in the Azores, the Regional Secretary for Health and Sports said today in Angra do Heroísmo.
As part of the fight against the pandemicalso announced that rapid antigen tests will now be available at the archipelago’s airports, for those who want to carry out screening on their return to the islands, regardless of the presentation of the digital vaccination certificate, or other documents required. Also, according to Clélio Meneses, the bureaucratic and administrative process of holding conventions with laboratories for carrying out rapid tests is in its final phase.
Azores Airlines will start connecting, from June 4th to October 28th, 2022, New York to the Azores, with connections on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, between Ponta Delgada and the North American city.