Communiqué from the Regional Health Authority - Communication

Secretaria Regional da Saúde e Desporto

Last 24 hours:      

484 new positive cases of covid-19 were diagnosed, with 388 on the island of São Miguel, 97 on the island of Terceira, 19 on the island of Pico, 12 on the island of Santa Maria, nine on the island of São Jorge, seven on the island of Flores, one on the island of Graciosa and one on the island of Faial, following 1,839 tests.  

On the island of São Miguel, 139 new positive cases were registered in the municipality of Ponta Delgada, 132 in the municipality of Ribeira Grande, 39 in the municipality of Vila Franca do Campo, 14 in the municipality of Lagoa, nine in the municipality of Nordeste and five in the municipality of Povoação. 

The island of Terceira registered 65 new cases in the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo and 32 in the municipality of Praia da Vitória. 

The island of Pico registered nine new cases in the municipality of Lajes, one in the municipality of Madalena and nine in the municipality of São Roque.  

On the island of Santa Maria, there are 12 new positive cases in the municipality of Vila do Porto. 

The island of São Jorge registered nine positive cases in the municipality of Velas. 

On the island of Flores, seven new positive cases were registered in the municipality of Lajes and two in the municipality of Santa Cruz. 

Faial and Graciosa registered a new positive case, respectively.  

Hospitalisations:      

As of today, there are 43 patients hospitalised, 28 of them at the Divino Espírito Santo Hospital on the island of São Miguel (two in intensive care), 12 at the Santo Espírito Hospital of Terceira Island (one in intensive care) and three at the Horta Hospital (one in intensive care).  

Recoveries:      

A total of 638 recoveries were registered in the last 24 hours.  

Current situation:     

The archipelago currently registers 3,385 active positive cases: 2,276 on the island of São Miguel, 599 on the island of Terceira, 227 on the island of Faial, 166 on the island of Pico, 55 on the island of Santa Maria, 32 on the island of São Jorge, 28 on the island of Flores and two on the island of Graciosa.  

 From December 31, 2020, to January 12, 2022, 431,112 doses of the vaccine against covid-19 were administered in the Azores, corresponding to 203,266 people with complete primary vaccination (85.89%), and 55,716 people have already received the booster dose (23.50%).