An unwanted record for Madeira
JM reports that never in a single day had so many sick victims of COVID-19 died in Madeira. Today it was five.
According to a note from the Regional Health and Civil Protection Department, all the patients died at the main Dr Nélio Mendonça hospital in Funchal and had associated comorbidities.
There are three women (91, 86 and 88 years old) and 2 men (86 and 84 years old), three were vaccinated and two were not.
The Autonomous Region of Madeira now accounts for a total of 157 deaths associated with COVID-19.
Yesterday saw 1,583 new cases of Coronavirus infection reported in Madeira. Details are on the link below as usual.
COVID-19 in Madeira: previous daily updates can be found in an earlier post
Travel latest: requirements for entering and leaving Madeira: is kept up-to-date on a previous post
New restrictions: a detailed updated explanation of the latest regulations can be found here
Very sad indeed for the families. Context is important. The youngest individual was 84 and two were unvaccinated. All had comorbidities. I would respectfully suggest these poor folk died with Covid rather than of it.
I agree Andrew. They could easily have died with flu. Upsetting for their families however they died.
Sad. But what do we believe as the Regional Government has reported that 100% of over 80’s are vaccinated. So what is the truth about the official vaccination figures??????
… This is an extremely misleading piece of Sensationalising journalism by JM ,, No details at all given on the deaths, only jumping to the conclusion that they died from Covid ,, the day before there was only 1 person in the Intensive care unit ? ,, I’d hazard a guess that none of these people were even in a covid ward? but died FROM totally unrelated causes and then tested positive after death ,, If I were to have an accident today and then died tomorrow in hospital and tested positive for covid, then my death would be attributed to Covid and reported the same way !!! …
And as Russell says this is where I have had a problem with the statistics from the beginning
I’m by the way double vaccinated and with a booster
I feel that these articles are more on the advertisement side to make you to feel Madeira is safe. Major of the people think they must already have had other health problems.
This is how I feel about these articles. Not saying I am right.
I will be lucky to reach 70 never mind 80+, the men on my mums side all kick the bucket with heart failure at around 65
Madeira for some reason is riddled with genetic heart issue’s such as tachycardia, Cristiano Ronaldo underwent laser heart surgery to correct this issue early on in his career
Maybe the hillbilly syndrome has been the cause of it all 🙂
May the force be with you
Vaccination does not promise eternal life.
This is downright scaremongering.
Hope you are enjoying yourselves
Can’t wait for 18Feb.
Any news
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