According to the daily epidemiological bulletin of the DGS, 1,225 people are hospitalised today, 25 less than on Monday, while in the intensive care units there are now 78 patients, three less than the previous day, although not all hospitalisations are due to Covid-19.

The number of active cases increased today to 475,168, 2,387 more than on Monday, and in the last 24 hours 12,649 people were reported to have recovered, for a total of 2,856,458 since the beginning of the pandemic.

The number of people in intensive care is the lowest since November 18, 2021, when a total of 72 patients with Covid-19 were hospitalised in these units.

The 78 people who need intensive care thus represent 30.5% of the critical threshold of 255 occupied beds defined in the “red lines” that assess the risk of the pandemic through various indicators.

Of the 32 deaths in the last 24 hours, 13 took place in the Lisbon and Tagus Valley region, 10 in the Centre, four in the North, two in the Azores, two in Madeira and one in the Algarve, with no deaths recorded in the Alentejo.

By age group, 20 elderly people over 80 years old, five people between 70 and 79 years old, four between 60 and 69 years old and three between 50 and 59 years old died.

Most of the new infections were diagnosed in the Lisbon and Tagus Valley region, with 5,854 infections, followed by the Centre (3,607), the North (2,377), the Alentejo (1,111), the Algarve (875), Madeira (733) and the Azores (511).

Since the beginning of the pandemic, in March 2020, the Lisbon and Tagus Valley region has recorded 1,189,610 cases and 8,793 deaths.

In the North region, there were 1,244,319 infections and 6,496 deaths and the Central region now has an accumulated total of 510,691 infections and 3,786 deaths.

The Algarve has a total of 140,046 infections and 697 deaths and the Alentejo has 123,622 cases and 1,186 deaths from Covid-19.

The Autonomous Region of Madeira has, since the beginning of the pandemic, 83,389 infections and 193 deaths and the Azores archipelago 61,197 cases and 97 deaths.

The regional authorities of the Azores and Madeira publish their data daily, which may not coincide with the information disclosed in the DGS bulletin.

Since March 2020, 21,248 people have died in Portugal from Covid-19, 11,178 men and 10,070 women.