Communiqué from the Regional Health Authority - Communication

Secretaria Regional da Saúde e Desporto

43 new positive cases of covid-19 were diagnosed in the Azores in the last 24 hours, with 29 on the island of São Miguel, 11 on the island of Terceira, two on the island of São Jorge and one on the island of Pico, following 2,123 tests carried out in the reference laboratories of the Region.

On the island of São Miguel, five of the new cases concern travellers: three are residents, one in the parish of Ribeirinha, municipality of Ribeira Grande, and one in the parish of Nossa Senhora do Rosário, municipality of Lagoa, who tested positive on the 6^th day, and one in the parish of São Pedro, municipality of Vila Franca do Campo, who tested positive upon arrival. Two are non-residents, one is a crew member of a vessel that stopped over at Ponta Delgada and the other, in the parish of Santa Cruz, municipality of Lagoa, who tested positive on the 6^th day. All the other cases are related to community transmission. In terms of municipalities, in Lagoa, there are six new cases, in the municipality of Ponta Delgada, 16 new cases were registered, in the municipality of Vila Franca do Campo, there is one new case and in the municipality of Ribeira Grande, there are six new cases.

On the island of Terceira, one of the cases concerns a traveller, resident, who presented symptoms after the 6th negative day test. All other cases are related to community transmission. Thus, two new cases were registered in the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo and in the municipality of Praia da Vitória, there are six new cases.

On the island of Pico, the case now diagnosed is related to a travel from outside the Region and originated a new primary local transmission chain in Madalena.

On the island of São Jorge, one of the cases diagnosed concerns a person with a history of travel from outside the Region, creating a new primary local transmission chain in the municipality of Velas, related to the other case now diagnosed (For detailed information on all positive cases in the archipelago please check the table Annex 1 at the end).

Also in the last 24 hours, 66 recoveries were registered (For detailed information on all recoveries in the archipelago please check the table Annex 2 at the end).

As of today, 18 patients are hospitalised, with 10 at the Divino Espírito Santo Hospital in Ponta Delgada (with two in intensive care unit), seven at the Santo Espírito Hospital in Angra do Heroísmo (with one in intensive care unit) and one in Horta Hospital.

The positive case identified in yesterday’s communiqué, in the parish of Fajã de Cima, municipality of Ponta Delgada, provided documentation demonstrating a previous infection and its recovery and therefore no longer counts as an active case.

The archipelago currently has 523 active positive cases: 324 on the island of São Miguel, 169 on the island of Terceira, 11 on the island of Pico, three on the island of Flores, five on the island of Faial, six on the island of São Jorge, three on the island of Graciosa and two on the island of Santa Maria.

With the emergence of two new primary local transmission chains in the last 24 hours, five chains are now active in the archipelago, two on the island of Pico, one on the island of Faial, one between the island of Pico and Flores and one on the island of São Jorge. To date, 218 have been extinguished on all islands. There are 2,005 people under active surveillance today.  

Since the beginning of the pandemic, 7,420 positive cases of covid-19 have been diagnosed in the Azores and 6,712 people recovered from the disease. There were 37 deaths, 85 people who left the archipelago and 63 cases with history of previous cure. To date, 631,350 tests have been carried out for SARS-CoV-2, which causes covid-19 disease.

From last 31 December 2020 until July 8, 250,705 doses of covid-19 vaccines have been administered in the Azores, with 129.190 people who received the first dose (53.21 % of the population) and 121.515 people with complete vaccination (50.05 %), under the Regional Vaccination Plan.

Annex 1

TOTAL POSITIVE

Annex 2

RECOVERIES