The municipality of Beja registers 434 active cases of covid-19. In 48 hours were declared more 33 Novos infetados. In Cuba, there are concerns 206 cases. Alvito and Ferreira do Alentejo without fatalities.
According to the daily report (Daily report 13-01-2021) the Local Health Unit of Baixo Alentejo (ULSBA), concerning 24,00 hours 12 January, the municipality of Beja registered 434 active cases, the highest value of the thirteen municipalities in the ULSBA's area of ​​influence, Cuba with 206 cases, where the outbreak of the Misericórdia home led to an exponential increase in cases, followed by Mértola with 126 and Moura with 118, where the situation has become more complicated, with the numbers increasing which led the municipality to do massive voluntary testing.
Faced with the latest data, the municipality of Vidigueira, which had been improving, went back up and presents 61 positive cases. The Municipality of Barrancos, which for many months was a “Clean of Covid” municipality, register now 5 positive cases, the first was known in the past day 6 January, now reporting a deadly victim. In the opposite direction is the Municipality of Serpa again lowered the numbers and now registers 77 infetados.
In the case of Mértola there is a divergence between the figures released by ULSBA and the Municipality, being that infected cases the Unit reports that there are 126 infetados, more 27 than those that the autarchy points, that informs that there 99. These values ​​influence the recovered data, with ULSBA speaking in 101 and edibility in 129. Also in the number of deaths, the numbers don't match, with the municipality revealing that there are 22, while health officials point to 21.
In the ULSBA data, which does not include the municipality of Odemira, the number of active covid-19 cases is, having been known 29 new cases, in total 3.263 infected since the beginning of the pandemic. There is also the registration of 43 patients admitted to the ward and 8 at the Intensive Care Unit of Hospital José Joaquim Fernandes, in Beja. In total deaths, There registration of 83 deaths by covid-19, 22 of which in Beja, 21 in Mértola, 18 Serpa, 5 in Vidigueira and Cuba and 4 Moura. Alvito, Ferreira do Alentejo still have no fatal victims from the covid-19.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
