Communiqué from the Regional Health Authority - UPDATE - Communication

Secretaria Regional da Saúde e Desporto

UPDATE: Following an epidemiological investigation and a data entry failure, a positive case was reported on the island of Corvo.

Last 24 hours:    

337 new positive cases of covid-19 were diagnosed, with 209 on the island of São Miguel, 62 on the island of Terceira, 37 on the island of Faial. 11 on the island of Pico, 11 on the island of Santa Maria, four on the island of Flores and two on the island of São Jorge, following 2,163 tests carried out.

On the island of Sao Miguel, 95 new positive cases were registered in Ponta Delgada, 60 in Ribeira Grande, 22 in Lagoa, 17 in Vila Franca do Campo, 14 in Povoação and one in Nordeste. 

The island of Terceira registered 41 new positive cases in the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo and 21 in the municipality of Praia da Vitória.

The island of Faial registered 37 new cases in the municipality of Horta, while the island of Pico registered eight new cases in the municipality of Lajes and three in the municipality of Madalena. Santa Maria registered 11 new cases in Vila do Porto. The island of Flores registered two new cases in the municipality of Santa Cruz and two in the municipality of Lajes. In turn, the island of São Jorge registered two new cases in the municipality of Velas. The island of Corvo also registered one case.

Hospitalisations:    

As of today, there are 21 patients hospitalised, 18 of them at the Divino Espírito Santo Hospital on the island of São Miguel (two in intensive care), two at the Horta Hospital and one at the Intensive Care Unit of the Santo Espírito Hospital of Terceira island.

Recoveries:    

A total of 327 recoveries were registered in the last 24 hours.  

Current situation:     

The archipelago currently registers 2,730 active positive cases: 1,900 on the island of São Miguel, 516 on the island of Terceira, 209 on the island of Faial, 48 on the island of Pico, 27 on the island of Flores, 13 on the island of Santa Maria, nine on the island of São Jorge, seven on the island of Graciosa and one on the island of Corvo. 

From December 31, 2020, to January 5, 2022, 418,394 doses of the vaccine against covid-19 were administered in the Azores, with 85.2% of the population having currently completed primary vaccination, and 44,032 people have already received the booster dose (18.6%).