MADEIRA NOW REGISTERS 169 NEW CASES OF COVID-19, THE LARGEST EVER RECORDED FOR ONE DAY

Tobi Hughes·
Madeira News

I would consider this normal, with the mass testing, and Friday seeming to be one of the busy days for testing, as when all this testing started there were huge queues on the Friday.

Plus the number of people being tested would have risen, due to the fact that you need a test to enter the funfair and the market huts along Avenida Arriaga, which opened Wednesday but have not seen much in the way of people visiting, but with the weekend here I guess everyone was seeking tests.

I’m surprised the booster vaccines have not been brought forward like in the UK,for those that want it.  Omicron expected to get to the island soon, and the increase students and emigrants coming in the next two weeks, we can only expect more high numbers.

Below From Diário Notícias

The number of covid-19 cases increased significantly this Saturday. The Regional Directorate of Health counts today 169 new cases of the new coronavirus. Yesterday, 58 new cases had been registered.

It should be noted that the number of new covid-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths has been rising since the arrival of the cold season.

Until yesterday, the maximum number of new cases registered in just one day of December 2021 had been 120. The daily maximums in the remaining months of the year were: November (103), October (32), September (32), August (61) , July (44), June (15), May (39), April (34), March (61), February (111) and January (160). In the previous year, the daily values ​​registered did not exceed the maximum recorded in 2021.

According to data released this evening by the Regional Health Directorate, the region now accounts for 14,858 confirmed cases of Covid-19, with 10 of the new cases being imported and 159 being of local transmission.

There are 120 recovered cases to report in the last 24 hours.

In terms of active cases, there are 852, “of which 39 are imported cases and 813 are of local transmission”, 29 people are currently hospitalized at Dr. Nélio Mendonça Hospital (27 in Polyvalent Units and 2 in the Intensive Care Unit dedicated to COVID- 19) and 38 people are isolated in a dedicated hotel unit, the rest remaining in their own accommodation.

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11 Responses

  1. There will always be a sharp rise in Saturday numbers because most locals get their test on Friday to give them the “free pass” over the weekend.

    1. They can only get there test after 7 days or more from their last, it doesn’t have to be at the weekend, but I would think most were not getting tested as we didn’t need to, but now if we want to enjot the Christmas Market and funfair, then they are checking.

  2. … I totally agree that more tests equals higher numbers ,, but Why do the number of recovered cases double on the same day ,, something sounds a bit iffy in the calculations or the data released to me ?? …

  3. High numbers only going to get higher with little or no checks on paperwork.
    For those who now have 5 months since 2nd vaccine, can get booster.
    I am speaking from experience.
    Omicron will spread like wildfire when it arrives, people just won’t follow good practice on prevention, nothing changes.

  4. Two days ago I asked: “Where do these 84 local transmissions come from? Same question applies to all other local transmissions. There must be a way to isolate more efficiently.” Today with 159 mew local cases it still remains a mystery. – And how many people caught the virus from unwittingly (?) affected people while waiting in the queues for a test. There is something drastically wrong in the process and I will not get another test.

    1. Harald why did you stop sharing German incidence numbers? I remember they were doing really well in Germany compared to Madeira but suddenly those numbers were not shared with us?

      Where do the local numbers come from? Well Harald, not everyone lives alone in a flat in the island. There is a thing called families with youjg children that attend a thing called school, and when they get infected they might as well infect other 4 or 5 family members who they live with. Where do local transmissions in Germany come from? Probably just from people who were infected by foreigners because it would be impossible for a German infect another German?

      1. Tobi, I had my booster vaccine two days ago at Tecnopolo without being called. I was in and out within 40 minutes. They will offer it to anyone after 5 months since the second one.

      2. Antonio, I only showed the theoretical incidence rate of 50 which was at the time considered by German authorities as the limit at which it would be possible to trace or track the source. Actual German incidence rates have never been reported.

        1. Harold, the 7-day incidence rate is shared everyday. Just type “RKI Covid dashboard” in google and there it is. The current incidence rate in Germany is 403. Are those infections coming from people who queue for testing?

          1. The header reads “7-Day-Incidence Rates per 100K people for Madeira” and does not refer to Shangnelliny or any other country or part thereof.

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