MADEIRA REGISTERS 23 NEW CASES OF COVID AND 28 RECOVERED

Tobi Hughes·
Madeira News

Today, the Regional Health Department registered 23 new cases of infection by SARS-CoV-2 in RAM, so that the region now counts 10,482 confirmed cases of covid-19

“These are eight imported cases (5 from the United Kingdom, 1 from France and 1 from the Southern Region and 1 from the United Arab Emirates) and 15 cases of local transmission”, according to the epidemiological bulletin.

On the other hand, there are now 28 more recovered cases to report. In this way, RAM now counts 10,152 recovered cases. The number of deaths remains unchanged at 75.

Currently, there are 255 active cases, of which 86 are imported cases and 169 are of local transmission.

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23 Responses

  1. I know this topic has covered before re UK flights bringing in positive cases but if these are emigrants coming back to the island are they being checked that the remain in their household like the UK residents are in covid hotels otherwise the island is going to have a continuing problem?

    1. Tell us more about the “continuing problem” you mean. Is it the fact that there are cases recorded every day? There will be, for a while. Probably in the next 2/3 years at least. Is it deaths? 5 deaths in nearly 4 months. I’d say that is pretty well accepted by society even though one death is always too many. Is it people in hospital? There are 6 or 7 which, again, has little or no impact in others having access to health care.

      The island is full of tourists right now.many hotels are at 100%. unlike other places you don’t need a covid passport to have lunch or to dine. You can go to beach, swimming pools, bars, etc. What exactly is the “continuing problem”?

    2. No PCR test required for the vaccinated importing the virus local transmission is not going away anytime soon.

      1. Has the local transmission gone away in places that require PCR test for arriving passengers that are vaccinated? Tell me where please.

  2. I don’t know the answer to your question Jill. What I do know is that we are in danger of becoming fixated on all aspects of Covid. Is it safe to travel , should borders be open , should masks be worn inside and outside, is vaccination safe, can I catch Covid on a plane , etc etc . We know Covid is a virus we have to learn to live with indefinitely. We have to take personal precautions that we feel comfortable with . Unfortunately people have died and will die , we know that too.
    Life has to go on , albeit in a different way .

      1. Cheers Tobi! It’s becoming very wearing reading the constant negativity from the same posters day in day out .

    2. Yes Jane we have got to move on otherwise the things people love, like travel, will become a thing of the past and I am not prepared to let the people of Madeira, and many other places we have been, flounder because of lack of tourists. My heart goes out to the Greek people at the moment as they have so many other problems to contend with. We have had fabulous holidays on the Greek Islands as well as Madeira

  3. … It’s really good to see such Positive comments tonight ,, partial normality has gradually and sensibly resumed over the past few months and there has been no rapid rise in numbers and virtually No Public Health Threat ,, Hopefully more people will now begin to realise that the Scary situation we had last year has Gone and things Have been and Are being dealt with Very Well … Some people remain trapped in a Loop of Fear and have become dependant on Over Analysing every aspect of the pandemic, but I’m sure even they will get over it and see a Brighter future, If not they may suffer self inflicted complications …

  4. I freely admit Russell that I was terrified at the beginning of Covid. It was like being in the middle of a real life disaster movie . We are coming up to 2 years of living with this and I refuse to live in fear for the rest of my life . I prefer to wake up every day and count my blessings instead of focusing on the negativity being spouted by scaremongers .

    1. Precisely Jane, from spring to winter 2020 there was so much we didn’t know or understand about this virus so it was scary much of the time. Then my wife and I spent 4 weeks on the island and relaxed. Soon after returning to the UK we got our AstraZeneca jabs and now things are looking so much better. We are coming out out of it now and we are on top of the virus.

      It is now being suggested that us older folks who had the AstraZeneca jabs 12 weeks apart may well not need any boosters for THREE years ? apparently we are showing very high T-cell counts and these are the cells that do the actual fighting and killing the virus. Having said that I would welcome a Pfizer pop-up along with a flu jab later this year.

  5. Totally agree with above comments. We must get on with living as near normal as currently permits. As Antonio says, it’s not going away any time soon, cases and sadly deaths will also happen but Madeira being full of tourists is testament to the fact that whilst it’s had a minimal effect on numbers is still being managed extremely well. If in doubt take a look at other countries who haven’t had many tourists and their numbers are even higher. An example, take a look at Jersey, 3000 active cases currently with a population of less than half that of Madeira. Keep the negativity at bay, we must look forward not dwell on what has been

  6. Whilst I have nothing but admiration for the way Madeira has handled the Virus from the very start I can’t agree with your comment “Madeira is full of tourists.” The Pestana Group still have at least 12 hotels closed and I don’t understand, minimal effect on numbers ?

      1. 85% of the hotels in Madeira are open at the moment. Pestana Casino Studios (not to be confused with Pestana Casino Park Hotel) is currently closed because it is the “Covid hotel”. So I don´t know which other Pestana hotels are closed in the island. Certainly not 12!

        1. Sorry for the delay in answering, I have only just picked up your reply. I have just had an email from the Pestana Group. “whilst in Madeira the Madeira Beach Club, Pestana Grand and Pestana Palms have been open where many members have been enjoying their holidays. Next month we plan to open the Pestana Promenade on the 6th of September following the Pestana Village that will open later in that month. We are also hoping that Pestana Miramar will also open this autumn.”

    2. They will open more this month. But it seems the timeshare tourists are still not travelling, but the island as well as Porto Santo is pretty full, and Christmas new year, is getting booked up fast with some hotels already full.

  8. Cr7 open, Casino Park open, Carlton and Madeira beach club open, Carlton Palms open, Pestana Bay open, Pestana grand open, Promenade opening in 3 weeks or thereabouts, I believe Village opening in around 7 weeks and finally Miramar. Pestana Royal also due to open fairly soon I understand. The massive increase in tourism, many who came To Madeira by default due to the green access whereby they may likely have gone elsewhere based on unusuly high numbers of 20 somethings who are likely next year return back to other destinations is still not massively increasing the numbers of new infections and the fact that last week and the week before there was hardly a hire car to be had on the island speaks volumes so yes I’d say we’re fairly full. Try to see glasses as half full rather than half empty George. Madeira is doing well. Long may it continue. Let’s try to keep the positivity going!

    1. I was on the Island in February and it was dire, again in July, one of the best sights were tourist towels hanging over the balconies of the Casino Park. By the 19th when we left it was much better. But try telling a Madeiran on the basic wage, with a possible cut in hours, if not laid off, he’s only getting a glass half full to feed his kids. He’s got 15 months of Covid related economic shortfall to catch up. Madeira is not a cheap place to live.

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