TODAY WITHOUT NEW CASES, REGION ANNOUNCES 11 RECOVERIES

IASAÚDE reported this afternoon in its daily report that today there are no new cases of covid-19 to report and that there are 11 cases recovered, so the Region now accounts for a total of 118 cases recovered from covid-19. Today there are also two situations of travelers who are being studied by health authorities.

Keeping the cumulative total of 142 positive cases of covid-19, there are 24 active cases, of which 23 are imported cases identified in the context of the surveillance activities implemented at Madeira Airport.

Regarding the isolation of positive cases, 18 people are isolated in a dedicated hotel unit and 6 in their own accommodation. The 3 patients who were hospitalized (in the Multipurpose Inpatient Unit dedicated to covid-19 and in the dedicated Intensive Care Unit) are recovered and have been discharged from their units to the home.

As for tests for covid-19 performed in RAM, IASAÚDE informs that, at the end of August 24, in the Clinical Pathology laboratory of SESARAM, 69014 samples were processed for PCR testing.

In the context of the operation of screening travelers at the ports and airports of Madeira and Porto Santo, there is a cumulative total of 38075 for testing the covid-19 carried out (until 17:00 today)

From Jornal Madeira