The Algarve has 73 more active Covid-19 cases than a week ago, now totaling 386, according to data released this Friday, March 26, by the District Civil Protection Commission.
Over the past week, the Regional Health Authority recorded 233 new cases of the disease while, in the previous week, between 12 and 19 March, there were 106 new cases registered.
This rise in contagion in the last week is related to the emergence of outbreaks, particularly in the municipalities of Portimão and Albufeira, in civil construction companies, as Sul Informação advanced.
These situations linked to civil construction "appeared, identified as outbreaks, in the second week of March", but "continue to arise new cases", as explained by the Regional Health Authority, on Tuesday, to our newspaper.
According to the data, until 23:59 this Thursday, Monchique was the only municipality in the Algarve without active cases. However, the mayor Rui André revealed in a Facebook post that, "more than a month after the last case of Covid-19, we have again registered a case, according to information from health authorities."
O Sul Informação it was also found that, after testing, two more infections have already been detected in this municipality.
Also Vila do Bispo, which a week ago had no active infections, now has 7 active cases.
On the other hand, Portimão (124) and Faro (66) continue to be the two municipalities with the most active infections, although, in the case of the Algarve capital, the number has decreased in the last week (-4).
There is good news regarding the number of deaths, as no deaths have been recorded in the last week.
Already the number of recovered rose 160 in the last week. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 19.530 people have already overcome the disease in the Algarve.
In hospitals, the number of hospitalized patients was maintained (19), but the number of people in need of intensive care rose, from 3 to 5. The number of ventilated patients also remained.
There is an indicator that shows that Covid-19 is once again more active in the Algarve: the number of contacts under surveillance. In a week they went from 587 to 1.166.
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