Communiqué from the Regional Health Authority - Communication

Secretaria Regional da Saúde e Desporto

Under update — Epidemiological situation tables and Risk Bulletin will be published late.

25 new positive cases of COVID-19 were diagnosed in the Azores in the last 24 hours, following 787 tests carried out in the reference laboratories: 

On the island of São Miguel, 19 new cases are related to community transmission. Two other are linked to the local transmission chain on the island of Pico, which is now shared between the two islands.

On the island of Faial, a non-resident traveller tested positive after presenting symptoms.

On the island of São Jorge, a new positive case in Urzelina is part of the pre-existing chain shared between the islands of Faial and São Jorge.

Hospitalisations: 

As of today, 11 patients are hospitalised, all at the Divino Espírito Santo Hospital in Ponta Delgada, with three in Intensive Care Unit.  

Local transmission chains: 

10 primary local transmission chains are active in the archipelago: two on the island of Graciosa, one on the island of Faial, one shared between the islands of Pico and São Miguel, five on the island of Terceira and one shared between islands of Faial and São Jorge. To date, 229 have been extinguished on all islands. There are 570 people under active surveillance today.

Current situation:

One case that was considered recovered on 20/08/2021 from the parish of Arrifes, municipality of Ponta Delgada, is currently hospitalised at the Divino Espírito Santo Hospital, since is still presenting symptomatology, and thus is considered a positive active case on the island of São Miguel.  

The archipelago currently registers 281 positive active cases: 242 on the island of São Miguel, 15 on the island of Terceira, 10 on the island of Graciosa, seven on the island of Faial, four on the island of Pico and three on the island of São Jorge.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, 8,641 positive cases of COVID-19 have been diagnosed in the Azores and 8,153 people recovered from the disease. There were 41 deaths, 94 people who left the archipelago and 72 cases with history of previous cure. To date, 675,391 tests have been carried out for SARS-CoV-2 virus which causes COVID-19 disease.   

From 31 December 2020 to 26 August, 163,227 people in the Azores have been vaccinated with the first dose (69,0 per cent) and 167,079 with complete vaccination (70,6 per cent), under the Regional Vaccination Plan. 

Recoveries: 

12 recoveries were registered in the Azores in the last 24 hours: