Azores Situation Report Wednesday 29th December 2021
From our colleague in the Azores
22nd December
67 new positive cases of covid-19 were diagnosed, 42 in São Miguel, 16 in Terceira, five in Santa Maria and four in Graciosa, resulting from 1,281 tests performed.
In São Miguel, 26 new positive cases were registered in the municipality of Ponta Delgada, seven in the municipality of Povoação, six in the municipality of Lagoa, two in the municipality of Vila Franca do Campo and one in the municipality of Ribeira Grande.
In Terceira, 16 new positive cases were registered, five in the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo and 11 in the municipality of Praia da Vitória.
In Santa Maria, five positive cases were registered corresponding to the municipality of Vila do Porto and in Graciosa there are also four new cases corresponding to the municipality of Santa Cruz.
Admissions:
There are 10 inpatients, nine at the Divino Espírito Santo Hospital, in Ponta Delgada (two in the Intensive Care Unit) and one at the Santo Espírito Hospital, in Angra do Heroísmo.
Recoveries:
37 recoveries were registered.
23rd December
92 new positive cases of covid-19 were diagnosed, 78 in São Miguel, six in Terceira, three in Graciosa, three in Faial, one in Pico and one in Flores, resulting from 1,634 tests performed.
In São Miguel, 45 new positive cases were registered in the municipality of Ponta Delgada, 15 in the municipality of Ribeira Grande, 14 in the municipality of Lagoa and four in the municipality of Vila Franca do Campo.
In Terceira, six new positive cases were registered, three in each of the two councils on the island.
In Graciosa there are three new positive cases, corresponding to the municipality of Santa Cruz, as well as in Faial, which also registers three new positive cases, corresponding to the municipality of Horta.
Pico registers a new positive case in the municipality of São Roque and in Flores there is also a new positive case in the municipality of Santa Cruz.
Admissions:
There are 10 inpatients, nine at the Divino Espírito Santo Hospital, in Ponta Delgada (two in the Intensive Care Unit) and one at the Santo Espírito Hospital, in Angra do Heroísmo.
Recoveries:
14 recoveries were registered.
24th December
61 new positive cases of covid-19 were diagnosed, 48 in São Miguel, five in Faial, four in Santa Maria, three in Terceira and one in Pico, resulting from 1,181 tests performed.
In São Miguel, 19 new positive cases were registered in the municipality of Ponta Delgada, 14 in the municipality of Povoação, nine in the municipality of Ribeira Grande, four in the municipality of Vila Franca do Campo and two in the municipality of Lagoa.
In Faial there are five new cases in the municipality of Horta and in Santa Maria there are four in the municipality of Vila do Porto.
Terceira registers three new positive cases, two in the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo and one in the municipality of Praia da Vitória. Pico has a new positive case in the municipality of Lajes.
Admissions:
There are 10 inpatients, nine at the Divino Espírito Santo Hospital, in Ponta Delgada (two in the Intensive Care Unit) and one at the Santo Espírito Hospital, in Angra do Heroísmo.
Recoveries:
23 recoveries were registered.
25th December
130 new positive cases of covid-19 were diagnosed, 72 in São Miguel, 36 in Terceira, 16 in Pico, two in Faial, two in Santa Maria, one in Flores and one in Graciosa, resulting from 2,197 tests performed.
In São Miguel, 41 new positive cases were registered in the municipality of Ponta Delgada, 11 in the municipality of Ribeira Grande, nine in the municipality of Vila Franca do Campo, eight in the municipality of Povoação and three in the municipality of Lagoa.
Terceira registers 16 new positive cases in the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo and 20 in the municipality of Praia da Vitória.
Pico registers eight new positive cases in the municipality of Madalena, seven in the municipality of Lajes and one in the municipality of São Roque.
In Faial there are two new cases in the municipality of Horta and in Santa Maria there are also two in the municipality of Vila do Porto.
In Flores there is a new positive case in the municipality of Santa Cruz and in Graciosa there was also a new positive case corresponding to the municipality of Santa Cruz.
Admissions:
There are 10 inpatients, nine at the Divino Espírito Santo Hospital, in Ponta Delgada (two in the Intensive Care Unit), and one at the Santo Espírito Hospital, in Angra do Heroísmo.
Recoveries:
24 recoveries were recorded.
Death:
In the last 24 hours, there has been death at the Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo, in Ponta Delgada, a 79-year-old man, a victim of covid-19. He was a resident of Lagoa. He was hospitalized since the 15th. The number of deaths in the archipelago now rises to 50, since the beginning of the pandemic.
26th December
71 new positive cases of covid-19 were diagnosed, 62 in São Miguel, four in Terceira, three in Santa Maria and two in Pico, resulting from 540 tests performed.
In São Miguel, 42 new positive cases were registered in the municipality of Ponta Delgada, eight in the municipality of Ribeira Grande, eight in the municipality of Vila Franca do Campo and four in the municipality of Lagoa.
Terceira registers two new positive cases in the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo and two in the municipality of Praia da Vitória.
Pico registers a new positive case in the municipality of Madalena and one in the municipality of Lajes. In Santa Maria there are also three new positive cases in the municipality of Vila do Porto.
Admissions:
There are 11 inpatients, all at Divino Espírito Santo Hospital, in Ponta Delgada (two in the Intensive Care Unit).
Recoveries:
36 recoveries were recorded.
27th December
66 new positive cases of covid-19 were diagnosed, 31 in Terceira, 28 in São Miguel, five in Pico and two in Graciosa, resulting from 431 tests performed.
Terceira registers 16 new positive cases in the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo and 15 in the municipality of Praia da Vitória.
In São Miguel, 21 new positive cases were registered in the municipality of Ponta Delgada, four in the municipality of Ribeira Grande, two in the municipality of Lagoa and one in the municipality of Povoação.
Pico registers two new positive cases in the municipality of Lajes, two in the municipality of São Roque and one in the municipality of Madalena.
At Graciosa there are two new positive cases in Santa Cruz.
Admissions:
There are 12 hospitalized patients, all at the Divino Espírito Santo Hospital, in Ponta Delgada (two in the Intensive Care Unit).
Recoveries:
1 recovery has been recorded.
28th December
189 new positive cases of covid-19 were diagnosed, this is a record number since the start of the pandemic. 118 in São Miguel, 36 in Terceira, 33 in Faial, one in Pico and one in Santa Maria, resulting from 1,355 tests performed.
In São Miguel, 84 new positive cases were registered in the municipality of Ponta Delgada, 17 in the municipality of Ribeira Grande, 10 in the municipality of Lagoa, six in the municipality of Vila Franca do Campo and one in the municipality of Nordeste.
Terceira registers 22 new positive cases in the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo and 14 in the municipality of Praia da Vitória.
Faial registers 33 new cases corresponding to the municipality of Horta.
Santa Maria has a new positive case corresponding to the municipality of Vila do Porto and in Pico there is also a record of a new positive case in the municipality of Lajes.
Admissions:
There are 15 inpatients, all at the Divino Espírito Santo Hospital, in Ponta Delgada (four in the Intensive Care Unit).
Recoveries:
69 recoveries were registered.
Current situation:
The archipelago currently has 918 active positive cases, 635 in São Miguel, 148 in Terceira, 47 in Faial, 35 in Santa Maria, 26 in Pico, 22 in Graciosa and five in Flores.
The archipelago currently has 918 active positive cases, 635 in São Miguel, 148 in Terceira, 47 in Faial, 35 in Santa Maria, 26 in Pico, 22 in Graciosa and five in Flores.
All Azores islands in contingency situation from midnight
The nine islands of the Azores will go into a contingency situation due to covid-19 as of Wednesday, and it will be mandatory to present a negative test to access events, revealed today the Secretary of Health.
He has said that the decision to place all the islands in a contingency situation (which had been in force only in São Miguel since the 23rd) was taken by the Government Council, which met on Monday.
“The measures that apply in São Miguel will apply to all the islands of the Azores. Basically, they have to do with the obligation to carry out a test to covid-19 [and present a negative result] to access all sporting, cultural, social and festivities, regardless of whether people have a valid vaccination certificate, they must have a PCR test carried out in the last 72 hours or a rapid test in the last 24 hours” to access events.
Since December 23rd, the island of São Miguel has been in a contingency situation due to the pandemic in the region.
The remaining eight islands (Corvo, Flores, Graciosa, Terceira, Faial, Pico, São Jorge and Santa Maria), which until now were in an alert situation, will go into a contingency situation at 00:00 on Wednesday.
In addition to presenting a negative test to access events, in the contingency situation, the presence of the public is limited to three quarters of the space where the initiative takes place.
Nurseries, kindergartens and centres of occupational activities are also closed, and year-end celebrations, gatherings and the consumption of alcohol on public roads are prohibited.
In commercial spaces, space capacity is limited to one person for every five square metres.
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Pavilhão do Mar in Ponta Delgada welcomes vaccination from January 10th
The Pavilhão do Mar, in Ponta Delgada, Azores, will host the reinforcement of the vaccination against covid-19 of people over 50 years old from January 10th.
Clélio Meneses has said that the vaccination process on the island of São Miguel “will go principally to Portas do Mar”, where the Pavilhão do Mar is located, as of January 10th, both for vaccination by scheduling as for the “open house”, this does not require prior appointments.
Portas do Mar vaccinations will be for people from 50 years old at this stage. There will be an open house and an appointment. The open house is in accordance with the daily limit of people, which will be defined in accordance with the island Health Unit
Clélio Meneses recalled that, currently, the Health Centers in the Azores are already inoculating people over 50 years of age with the booster dose.
Those vaccinated with Janssen (single dose vaccine) can also receive the booster dose regardless of age.
These positive cases were identified yesterday on the island of Terceira and today on the island of São Miguel, respectively by the Specialized Service of Epidemiology and Molecular Biology of the Hospital de Santo Espírito da Ilha Terceira and by the Genetics and Molecular Pathology Unit of the Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo de Ponta Delgada.
In São Miguel, 32 new positive cases were registered in the municipality of Ponta Delgada, nine in the municipality of Ribeira Grande, nine in the municipality of Lagoa, six in the municipality of Povoação and one in the municipality of Vila Franca do Campo.
In January of next year, the vaccination of children against covid-19 starts in the Azores, the Regional Secretary for Health and Sports said today in Angra do Heroísmo.
As part of the fight against the pandemicalso announced that rapid antigen tests will now be available at the archipelago’s airports, for those who want to carry out screening on their return to the islands, regardless of the presentation of the digital vaccination certificate, or other documents required. Also, according to Clélio Meneses, the bureaucratic and administrative process of holding conventions with laboratories for carrying out rapid tests is in its final phase.
Azores Airlines will start connecting, from June 4th to October 28th, 2022, New York to the Azores, with connections on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, between Ponta Delgada and the North American city.
The Regional Secretariat for Public Works and Communications of the Government of the Azores has said that, due to recent very adverse weather conditions in terms of rainfall, after an exhaustive survey of services, losses of four million euros were recorded in the regional road network.
The minimum wage has been increasing gradually over the past seven years. In 2015, the minimum wage in the Azores was 530 euros, rising to 556.5 euros in 2016. From 2017 onwards, the minimum wage rose to 584.85 euros, recording a further increase in 2018 to 609 euros. The minimum wage was set at 630 euros in 2019, rising again to 666.75 euros in 2020, being updated to 698.25 euros in 2021
The Christmas program includes more than fifty music and itinerant entertainment events, to which are added initiatives such as Casa do Pai Natal, tourist train rides and rides in free horse drawn carriages and Puppet Theatre. Press of the municipality. There will also be a Christmas Market and the now traditional Nativity scene at the Manaias house in Jardim Padre Sena de Freitas.