According to the daily epidemiological bulletin, 2,298 people are hospitalised today, 66 more than on Saturday, while in intensive care units there are five fewer, out of a total of 155, and not all hospitalisations are due to Covid-19.

The number of active cases decreased again today, with 569,728 now, 15,485 less than on Saturday, and in the last 24 hours, 31,579 people were reported to have recovered, adding up to a total of 2,495,002 recovered since the beginning of the pandemic.

Of the 38 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours, 15 occurred in the North region, 10 in Lisbon and Vale do Tejo, eight in the Center, three in Alentejo, one in the Algarve and another in the Azores.

Lisbon and Tagus Valley is today the region of the country with the most new daily cases, with 5,293 more infections, followed by the North, with 5,113 more, the Centre (3,042), the Algarve (870), the Alentejo (761) Azores (647) and Madeira (406).

In the last 24 hours, the number of contacts under surveillance recorded a further reduction of 13,294 people, now totalling 602,483.

According to the DGS, since March 2020, 3,085,260 cases of infection with SARS-CoV-2 have been registered in Portugal and 20,530 deaths associated with Covid-19 have been declared.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, in March 2020, the Lisbon and Tagus Valley region has recorded 1,096,394 cases and 8,568 deaths.

In the North region, there were 1,185,133 infections and 6,264 deaths and the Central region now has an accumulated total of 455,367 infections and 3,639 deaths.

The Algarve has a total of 122,719 infections and 661 deaths and the Alentejo has 106,911 cases and 1,146 deaths from covid-19.

The Autonomous Region of Madeira has had 71,044 infections and 176 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic and the Azores archipelago 47,692 cases and 76 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, 10,797 men and 9,733 women have died from Covid-19.