Again another 110 New Cases for Madeira

The number of new people infected equals the highest record of daily cases reported by the Regional Health Directorate.

There are 110 new positive cases to report this Wednesday in Madeira. These are 7 imported cases from the United Kingdom (4), France (1), South Africa (1) and the Lisbon and Tagus Valley Region (1) and 103 cases of local transmission, most of them already associated with contacts or contexts of positive cases.

Regarding today positive cases, the Regional Health Directorate notes that six correspond to professionals in the education sector identified within the scope of the ongoing testing in education and teaching establishments in the municipality of Câmara de Lobos.

With 31 more cases recovered to report, 991 are now active cases, of which 176 are imported cases and 815 are cases of local transmission.

As for the isolation of active cases, 39 people are isolated in a dedicated hotel unit, 904 in their own accommodation and 48 people are currently hospitalized (42 in the Multipurpose Unit and 6 in the Intensive Care Unit dedicated to the covid-19).

In total, there are 269 new situations that are currently being studied by the health authorities, all related to contacts with positive cases, situations reported to the SRS24 line or by SESARAM.