In the last 24 hours, the Directorate-General for Health identified 4,224 new cases of infection with the new coronavirus, the highest value since the beginning of the pandemic, a milestone that has been successively overcome considering that the number of daily infections recorded has seen exponential growth in recent weeks: the october 8th the country passed the barrier of 1,000 daily infections, reaching 1,278 cases, a figure only registered on April 10 when 1,516 new cases were notified; thereafter the numbers were always growing, exceeding for the first time the two thousand infections a October 14, with the registration of 2,072 cases, the barrier of three thousand daily cases to October, 22, with the notification of 3,270 new infections, and last Wednesday, the 28, Portugal reached 3,960 new daily cases and today has reached the highest value ever.
In relation to yesterday there are still 33 deaths to regret. Since the beginning of the pandemic, Portugal has accounted for a total of 132,616 confirmed cases of infection with the new coronavirus and 2,428 deaths.
The northern region remains the area of the country most affected by this growth in numbers. The bulletin indicates 2,474 new cases reported and 16 killed on the last day. The second most affected region is Lisbon and the Tagus Valley with 1,102 cases and 12 deaths, followed by the Center region where 524 cases were identified and five deaths were recorded. In Alentejo and Algarve there are no deaths to mourn, but there are 50 and 63 more cases reported, respectively.
In the autonomous region of the Azores five new cases have been identified and in Madeira six.
Contrary to what had been predicted by the Minister of Health, the maximum number of inpatients in intensive care on April 10 (272) was not exceeded yesterday or today, with the bulletin registering 269 ICU admissions (+7) in addition to 1,834 hospitalizations outside these units (+40).
There are 2,490 active cases and since yesterday, 1,701 people have been recovered.
Confirmed cases are distributed across all age groups, with the highest number of infections between 20 and 59 years of age.
In total, the new coronavirus has already affected at least 60,271 men and 72,345 women in Portugal, according to the declared cases.
Of the total number of fatalities, 1,242 were men and 1,186 women.
The largest number of deaths continues to be concentrated in people over 80 years of age.
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