Also a record number of recovered cases in one day, at 149.
Today there are 61 new cases of covid-19 to be reported, so the Region now counts 5,239 confirmed cases.
It is a case imported from the Region of Lisbon and the Tagus valley and 60 from local transmission, most of them already associated with contacts or contexts of positive cases. Epidemiological investigations are still ongoing, according to the bulletin of the Regional Health Directorate.
There are 149 more recovered cases to report, bringing the total to 3,300.
This Monday, there was one death, so the Region now accounts for a total of 46 deaths associated with the disease.
Another death by covid-19 in Madeira
This is a 91-year-old woman residing in a Residential Structure for the Elderly in the Autonomous Region of Madeira
1,893 active cases are now accounted for, 91 of which are imported and 1,802 of local transmission.
Regarding the isolation of these active cases, the bulletin notes that “75 people are hospitalized at Hospital Dr. Nélio Mendonça (67 people in Multipurpose Units and 8 in the Intensive Care Unit dedicated to covid-19) and 45 people are in isolation in a hotel unit. dedicated, remaining the rest in own accommodation “.
In addition, three patients diagnosed with covid-19, coming from the mainland (Lisbon and Vale do Tejo Region), have remained in the Intensive Care Unit dedicated to the disease, at Hospital Dr. Nélio Mendonça, since 01/30/2021.
In total, there are 194 new situations that are currently being studied by health authorities, which are related to contacts with positive cases, situations reported to the SRS24 line or to SESARAM, EPERAM. Epidemiological investigations are ongoing.