Communiqué from the Regional Health Authority - Communication

Secretaria Regional da Saúde e Desporto

Last 24 hours: 

1,247 new positive cases of covid-19 were diagnosed, with 667 on the island of São Miguel, 360 on the island of Terceira, 67 on the island of Faial, 53 on the island of Pico, 38 on the island of Graciosa, 28 on the island of Santa Maria, 26 on the island of São Jorge and eight on the island of Flores, following 4,383 tests carried out. 

On the island of São Miguel, 401 new positive cases were registered in the municipality of Ponta Delgada, 124 in the municipality of Ribeira Grande, 98 in the municipality of Lagoa, 31 on the municipality of Vila Franca do Campo, 10 in the municipality of Nordeste and three in the municipality of Povoação. 

The island of Terceira registered 240 new cases in the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo and 120 in the municipality of Praia da Vitória.

The island of Faial registered 67 new cases in the municipality of Horta.

The island of Pico registered 26 new cases in the municipality of Madalena, 16 in the municipality of Lajes and 11 in the municipality of São Roque. 

On the island of Graciosa, 38 new cases were registered in the municipality of Santa Cruz.

The island of Santa Maria registered 28 new positive cases in the municipality of Vila do Porto.

On the island of São Jorge, 23 new positive cases were registered in the municipality of Velas and three in the municipality of Calheta. 

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

Hospitalisations:  

As of today, there are 65 patients hospitalised, 45 of them at the Divino Espírito Santo Hospital on the island of São Miguel (three in intensive care), 14 at the Santo Espírito Hospital of Terceira Island (two in intensive care) and six at the Horta Hospital.

Recoveries: 

A total of 858 recoveries were registered in the last 24 hours.

Current situation: 

The archipelago currently registers 17,080 active positive cases: 13,854 on the island of São Miguel, 2,302 on the island of Terceira, 281 on the island of Faial, 186 on the island of Graciosa, 181 on the island of Pico, 180 on the island of São Jorge, 78 on Santa Maria and 18 on the island of Flores. 

From December 31, 2020, to February 7, 2022, 208,184 people in the Azores already have complete primary vaccination (88.0%) and 96,307 people have already received the booster dose (40.7%). 

As of February 4, 5,731 children had been inoculated with the first dose of the vaccine, corresponding to 33.6% of a universe of 17,033 children between the ages of 5 and 11.