The daily epidemiological bulletin of the DGS registers an increase in the number of hospitalised people, totalling 1,081 admissions today, 58 more than on Saturday, 148 of which are in intensive care units (six more in the last 24 hours).

Of the 14 deaths, five occurred in Lisbon and Vale do Tejo, four in the North, one in the Centre, one in the Alentejo, two in the Algarve and one in Madeira.

The 11,080 cases confirmed today represent a reduction compared to the last few days, taking into account that, since December 29, Portugal has registered a number of daily infections always exceeding 20,000.

Lisbon and Vale do Tejo continues to be the region with the most new cases diagnosed in the last 24 hours, totaling 6,111, followed by the North (2,998), the Centre (596), Madeira (525), the Alentejo (374 ), the Algarve (340) and the Azores (136).

Compared to the previous day, health authorities have over 2,566 contacts under surveillance, totaling 175,880 people.

According to data from the DGS, eight of the 14 deaths were elderly over 80 years old, five in the age group between 70 and 79 years old and one between 50 and 59 years old.

The greatest number of deaths since the beginning of the pandemic is concentrated in the elderly over 80 years old (12,313), followed by the age groups between 70 and 79 years old (4,116) and between 60 and 69 years old (1,748).

The largest number of newly diagnosed cases is in the age group between 40 and 49 years old (2,072), followed by the age group between 20 and 29 years old (2,028), between 30 and 39 years old (1,912), between 50 and 59 years old (1,646), between 10 and 19 years old (1235), between 60 and 69 years old (844), between 0 and 09 years old (755), between 70 and 79 years old (376) and of the elderly with over 80 years (212).

Since the beginning of the pandemic, in March 2020, the region of Lisbon and Vale do Tejo has registered 561,002 cases and 7,984 deaths.

In the North region there were 517,680 infections and 5,782 deaths and the Center region now has a cumulative total of 199,435 infections and 3,367 deaths.

The Algarve has a total of 60,028 infections and 588 deaths and the Alentejo has 49,816 cases and 1,090 deaths due to covid-19.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, the Autonomous Region of Madeira has 23,311 infections and 127 deaths, and the Azores archipelago has 12,744 cases and 52 deaths.

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

In Portugal, since March 2020, 18,990 people have died, 9,977 men and 9,013 women.

1,424,016 cases of infection have already been recorded, of which 666,696 men, 756,082 women and 1,238 cases of sex that are under investigation, since these data are not provided automatically.