Azores Situation Report Wednesday 26th January 2022
From our colleague in the Azores
19th January 2022
1,082 new positive cases of covid-19 were diagnosed, with 655 on the island of São Miguel, 213 on the island of Terceira, 99 on the island of Pico, 73 on the island of Faial, 15 on the island of São Jorge, 14 on the island of Flores and 13 on the island of Santa Maria, following 4,942 tests carried out
Recoveries:
A total of 375 recoveries were registered.
Death:
In the last 24 hours, a 95-year-old woman died from Covid-19 on the island of São Miguel. She lived in Arrifes, municipality of Ponta Delgada, and had been hospitalised since January 7th. The patient was not vaccinated.
20th January 2022
862 new positive cases of covid-19 were diagnosed, with 417 on the island of São Miguel, 328 on the island of Terceira, 43 on the island of Pico, 35 on the island of Faial, 17 on the island of Santa Maria, nine on the island of São Jorge, seven on the island of Flores and six on the island of Graciosa, following 4,788 tests carried out.
Recoveries:
A total of 445 recoveries were registered.
21st January 2022
1,123 new positive cases of covid-19 were diagnosed, with 804on the island of São Miguel, 158 on the island of Terceira, 49 on the island of Faial, 43 on the island of Pico, 40 on the island of São Jorge, 13 on the island of Graciosa, 10 on the island of Graciosa, 10 on the island of Santa Maria and six on the island of Flores, following 4,193 tests carried out.
Recoveries:
A total of 498 recoveries were registered.
22nd January 2022
1,113 new positive cases of covid-19 were diagnosed, with 775 on the island of São Miguel, 214 on the island of Terceira, 54 on the island of Pico, 47 on the island of Faial,18 on the island of São Jorge, 15 on the island of Flores, nine on the island of Santa Maria and one on the island of Graciosa, following 4,563 tests carried out.
Recoveries:
A total of 159 recoveries were registered.
23rd January 2022.
1,190 new positive cases of covid-19 were diagnosed, with 776 on the island of São Miguel, 283 on the island of Terceira, 61 on the island of Pico, 40 on the island of Faial, 11 on the island of Santa Maria, 10 on the island of São Jorge, five on the island of Flores and four on the island of Graciosa, following 4,604 tests carried out.
Recoveries:
A total of 708 recoveries were registered.
24th January 2022
986 new positive cases of covid-19 were diagnosed, with 684 on the island of São Miguel, 210 on the island of Terceira, 51 on the island of Pico, 27 on the island of São Jorge, eight on the island of Santa Maria, four on the island of Flores, one on the island of Faial and one on the island of Graciosa, following 3,8083 tests carried out.
Recoveries:
A total of 312 recoveries were registered.
25th January 2022
1,083 new positive cases of covid-19 were diagnosed, with 666 in São Miguel, 272 in Terceira, 73 in Faial, 44 in Pico, 15 in Flores, nine in Graciosa, two in São Jorge and two in Santa Maria, resulting from 3,582 analysis.
Admissions:
As of today, 52 people are hospitalized, of which 38 are at Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo, in São Miguel (two in intensive care), 12 at Hospital de Santo Espírito on Terceira Island (two in intensive care) and two at Hospital da Horta.
Recoveries:
282 recoveries were recorded.
Current situation:
The archipelago currently has 8,526 active positive cases, with 6,254 in São Miguel, 1,484 in Terceira, 314 in Pico, 278 in Faial, 89 in São Jorge, 52 in Flores, 32 in Graciosa and 23 in Santa Maria.
From 31st December 2020 to 20th January 2020, 205,209 people in the Azores had complete primary vaccination (86.8%) of the population and 72,582 had already received the booster dose (30.7%).
Azores with online self-test registration and isolation declaration service
The Azorean Government presented an online service that allows recording the result of self-tests to Covid-19 and requesting the declaration of prophylactic isolation, to make the lives of citizens and health professionals easier.
The Covid Support platform, which is integrated into the www.destinoseguro.azores.gov.pt portal , was presented in Ponta Delgada, at the Regional Civil Engineering Laboratory, by the Secretary of Health, Clélio Meneses, and by the Regional Director of Health and responsible for Health Authority, Berto Cabral.
Navy rescues man with breathing difficulties from ship off Azores
A 53-year-old man with breathing difficulties was rescued on Monday from a ship sailing off the Azores in an operation coordinated by the Portuguese Navy, the institution revealed.
In a statement, the Navy indicated that the crew member, was rescued and transported by the Portuguese Air Force EH-101 aircraft to Horta airport, where he landed at around 11:20 am.
The man was then sent to a hospital by an ambulance from the Azores Regional Civil Protection and Fire Service.
According to the Navy, the rescued crew member, with Chinese nationality, was aboard the merchant ship KANG MAY, flying the Liberian flag, sailing about 228 nautical miles [422 kilometres] southwest of the island of Faial, in the Azores.