The interactive map on the evolution of the pandemic in the Algarve, which has already been accessed over a million times, was the article in Sul Informação most read in 2020, the year our newspaper had more than 24 million views (24.261.676). But it wasn't just Covid-19 that interested our readers: also the emergency landing of a plane in Faro, the death of the former mayor José Coelho and the capture of a four meter piton snake in Fonte da Benémola were articles of enormous success.
After analyzing the 10 most memorable moments of 2020, made in an infographic published yesterday, we leave to our readers the list of the ten most read articles.
In 2020, a year in which everyone's life was overshadowed by the rapid and universal spread of a new coronavirus, discovered at the end of the previous year, in China, the Portuguese population was suddenly forced to close in. House.
Our newspaper realized from the outset the added importance of reliable information at the time, in the face of an unprecedented situation, and made a point of being at the forefront and constantly beside its readers, who responded with their preference.
This justifies the exponential growth of visits to our website, as well as the strong reach of the interactive map, which, until December 31, had 1.060.738 views. After all, it's been months since the Sul Informação this tool is updated daily, closely followed by thousands of readers, so that they know how the pandemic is evolving, county by county.
It was also in our newspaper that nearly a hundred and a half thousand people learned that a 16-year-old girl from the Secondary of Portimão was the first case of Covid-19 in the Algarve. This article occupies the second position of the most read of the year, with 143.853 views.
Closing the podium, another news about Covid-19, but this time, an article from our science section, about the consequences of the new coronavirus. In this case, the piece was read by more than 131 people (131.368).
In the fourth position of this list appears the emergency landing than a TUI Airways plane had to do in Faro, in March. This article has been viewed 124.766 times.
Fifth is the news from death of José Cardoso Coelho, former president of the Boliqueime Parish Council, who died in May of a prolonged illness, read by 82.903 people.
The former mayor was a user of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia home in Boliqueime, the first to have a big outbreak of Covid-19, which resulted in several deaths, but his death was not caused by the new coronavirus.
Another news that generated great interest and was viewed by 79.922 readers was that of 4 meter piton snake captured at Fonte da Benémola, in Loule. Soon after, with 74.481 clicks, there is another news about Covid-19, in this case of new cases in Portimão, Albufeira and Silves, a few days after the first case in the Algarve was diagnosed.
The eighth most read piece in 2020, with 70.962 readers, is also related to animals, in this case orcas. The Maritime Authority and ICNF warned to be careful in case of sighting of these mammals, after reports of collisions by small sailboats, by orcas, off the Alentejo coast.
The most read list ends with two articles related to the pandemic. In 9th, with 69.189, is the news of the first case in Faro, that of a farm worker. In 10th, with 66.499 views, is a piece about restrictions imposed by the government at Easter time.
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