Covid-19 recorded an increase in infection, with a stable increasing trend, and there was also an increase in hospitalizations, but the impact of the disease on health services and on public mortality remains low. The data is part of the latest report of the Directorate General of Health (DGS) and the National Institute of Health Doctor Ricardo Jorge (INSA) on monitoring the epidemiological situation of covid-19, released on Saturday.
According to the document, there was an increase in the number of hospitalizations on the ward in the age group between 40 and 59 years, and in intensive care units over 80 years of age, “although it is below the established critical limit and the maximum value of the last epidemiological stage.
Despite the increase in the number of hospitalizations, the impact of covid-19 is small, explaining that INSA maintains a low mortality rate from the virus, “with a stable trend and corresponding to a value five times lower than the maximum value observed in the last epidemic phase.”
INSA stresses that the epidemiological situation justifies the maintenance of booster vaccinations, individual protective measures and “frequent communication of these measures with the population”.
The latest data indicates that the BA.5 strain of the Omicron variant of covid-19 was dominant.
According to the document, the cumulative infection rate for seven days on November 14 reached 63 cases per 100,000 residents, with an increase in this infection in all health regions and in all age groups compared to the previous week, with a more significant increase in the region. autonomous regions.
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