Regional Health Authority Communiqué - Communication

Secretaria Regional da Saúde e Desporto

10 new positive cases of COVID-19 were diagnosed in the Azores, with four on the island of São Miguel, and six on the island of Pico, arising from 706 tests carried out  in reference laboratories.

On Pico, four new cases are part of the pre-existent primary local transmission chain. The other two are to be appraised.

On São Miguel, all cases correspond to community transmission.

Hospitalizations:  
As of today, two patients are hospitalized, both in Divino Espírito Santo Hospital, in Ponta Delgada, with one in Intensive Care Unit.

Local transmission chains:  
The active primary local transmission chain on Pico island is considered extinct pursuant to the recovery of the positive cases which were part of it.As of today, there are three active primary local transmission chains in the archipelago: two on Terceira, and one on Pico. To date, 240 have been extinguished. There are 212 people under active surveillance today.  
Recoveries:  

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

Current situation:   
Currently, there are 112 active positive cases in the archipelago, with 83 on São Miguel, 15 on Pico, 13 on Terceira, and one on Faial.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, 8,757 positive cases of COVID-19 have been diagnosed in the Azores, 8,434 people have recovered from the disease, 42 died, 94 left the archipelago and 75 provided evidence of previous cure. To date, in the archipelago, 683,833 tests have been carried out for SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19 disease.

From 31 December 2020 to 6 September, 170,146 people in the Azores have been vaccinated with the first dose (71,9 per cent) and 177,122 with complete vaccination (74,8 per cent), within the Regional Vaccination Plan.