The total number of deaths caused by the outbreak of covid-19 in the home of Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Serpa, Alentejo, rose to 14, with the death of three more elderly.
The elderly, user of Lar de S. Francisco, died in Beja hospital, where were they hospitalized, needed António Sergeant, provider of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Serpa (SCMS), Lusa.
Due to the outbreak at home, SCMS property, have already been infected 92 people with the virus that causes covid-19 disease, namely 75 users – 14 of whom died – and 17 officials, needed.
Currently, said, There 61 elderly with active infections, six are admitted to the Beja hospital and the rest to the home.
The first confirmed case of infection at Lar de S. Francisco was that of an official, what, after starting to have symptoms, did a screening test for the covid-19 virus, whose positive result was known in the past day 24 November.
