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Madrid (dpa) – The number of people in Portugal hospitalized with Covid-19 has risen dramatically, with more than 700 hospitalized on Monday, the most since March.<\/p>\nMadrid (dpa) – The number of people in Portugal hospitalized with Covid-19 has risen dramatically, with more than 700 hospitalized on Monday, the most since March.<\/p>\n
The 729 people being treated on Monday followed an increase of 57 within the space of a day, according to the health authorities.<\/p>\n
In percentage terms, the numbers of Covid-19 patients in hospitals and intensive care units have risen the most since February, the health authorities said.<\/p>\n
Case numbers have been rising for several weeks in Portugal. There were 1,782 new cases and eight deaths in the past day, officials said, of the country with a population of about 10.3 million.<\/p>\n
While the country’s 14-day incidence rate, of cases per 100,000 people over a two-week period, was 55 just over a month ago, it has since risen from 272 to 315 within a day, according to official data.<\/p>\n
The Delta variant of the virus, which is more transmissible, is spreading rapidly and accounts for 90 per cent of new cases.<\/p>\n
Portugal introduced a night curfew some 10 days ago to combat the rise in case numbers.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile in the worst affected areas, including Lisbon, residents may only leave their homes for a good reason between the hours of 11 pm and 5 am, a measure affecting some 4 million people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Madrid (dpa) – The number of people in Portugal hospitalized with Covid-19 has risen dramatically, with more than 700 hospitalized on Monday, the most since March. The 729 people being treated on Monday followed an increase of 57 within the space of a day, according to the health authorities. In percentage terms, the numbers of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":148199,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[343],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-156697","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-actualidad"},"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t