(Update) coronavirus: Recorded the first positive cases in the Alentejo.
(UPDATE): The Alentejo recorded the first cases. The cases have been detected in Montemor-o-Novo and Évora. Health General Directorate (DGS) has released epidemiological bulletin Wednesday that realizes an increase of 194 cases of infection Covid-19 in Portugal.
(UPDATE): Along the source familiar situation, the Lidador News (LN) found that the 2 positive cases in Alentejo are truck driver who yesterday was in the truck in Montemor-o-Novo and widely reported on television and, a resident Iranian citizen in Evora and is recovering at home.
According to the News Journal (JN), and according to the report of the epidemiological situation in the country released Wednesday morning by the General Directorate of Health, the number of infections with the new coronavirus has increased to 642, of which 89 they are hospitalized, 20 in intensive care. Of the total confirmed patients, three have recovered. Waiting for laboratory results are still 351 suspected cases.
Cases confirmed (that includes 16 children under 10 year old – more 13 that yesterday), 63 They were imported from foreign territories – most of Spain (18), Italy (17) and France (13). The remaining cases were caused by infection occurred within the country, there is currently 24 active transmission chains.
As for residential areas, most infected patients (289) lives in the North, followed by the Great Lisbon with 243 cases (including the only recorded fatality), The central zone with 74, the Algarve 21, Alentejo first enter the statistics with two, Azores with three, Wood with foreign countries and with nine.
From 1 January 2020, health authorities reported 5067 suspected cases, of which 4074 They were not confirmed. More than 6600 contacts are surveillance by health authorities.
