Madeira with 72 new cases.

Today Madeira counts 72 new cases of Covid-19, informs the Regional Health Directorate, adding that the new cases are locally transmitted, most of them already associated with contacts of positive cases, whose epidemiological investigations are still ongoing.

According to the regional epidemiological bulletin, Madeira now accounts for a total of 6470 cases of infection with the new coronavirus.

There are 109 more recovered cases to register.

Region accounting for 1,595 active cases, of which 40 are imported cases and 1,555 are locally transmitted.

In total, there are 300 situations that are currently under consideration by health authorities. According to the DRS, these are cases related to travelers identified at the airport, contacts with positive cases or other situations reported to the SRS24 line or to SESARAM, EPERAM that have epidemiological investigations in progress.