{"id":44872,"date":"2021-12-28T08:12:08","date_gmt":"2021-12-28T08:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/?p=44872"},"modified":"2021-12-29T11:53:38","modified_gmt":"2021-12-29T11:53:38","slug":"covid-19-another-record-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/covid-19-another-record-high\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: Another record high","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8230; and Madeira moves to &#8220;extremely high risk&#8221; level<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2021\/12\/image-64-310x360.png\" alt=\"JM reporting another record high\" class=\"wp-image-44873 lazyload\" title=\"\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"310\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2021\/12\/image-64-310x360.png\" alt=\"JM reporting another record high\" class=\"wp-image-44873\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/image-64-310x360.png 310w, https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/image-64.png 379w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both local papers lead with the headline that the Region reached a new record high yesterday when 325 cases in the previous 24 hours were announced by the <a href=\"https:\/\/srs-madeira.pai.pt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Regional Secretariat for Health and Civil Protection<\/a>. More details as usual on the link below which is updated daily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also at a new record high is the number of people testing positive for Coronavirus and subsequently confined to a dedicated hotel unit in Funchal there are now 102 accommodated at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pestana.com\/pt\/hotel\/pestana-casino-studios\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pestana Casino Studios<\/a>. I had always assumed that these were mostly tourists who had failed the test upon arrival, but of course their numbers will have been swollen by students and emigrants returning from the mainland for the holidays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Diario also highlights that Madeira as a whole has now moved to the &#8220;extremely high risk&#8221; category as defined by the EU disease control body. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/funchal-machico-and-porto-santo-at-extreme-risk\/\">Previously only certain municipalities (Machico, Funchal and Porto Santo) were classified at this level.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2021\/12\/pesatana-casino-studios-mini-16430716012020.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44874 lazyload\" title=\"\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"340\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2021\/12\/pesatana-casino-studios-mini-16430716012020.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44874\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/pesatana-casino-studios-mini-16430716012020.webp 340w, https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/pesatana-casino-studios-mini-16430716012020-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/pesatana-casino-studios-mini-16430716012020-144x144.webp 144w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pestana.com\/pt\/hotel\/pestana-casino-studios\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pestana Casino Studios<\/a> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">JM reports that hundreds of Madeirans with high levels of dependency once again benefited from home consultations this year.&nbsp;Data collected between January and November show a slight increase compared to the same period in 2020. Hospital administration authority SESARAM expects to move forward with a home hospitalization project in early 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-global-color-16-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>COVID-19 in Madeira:\u00a0<\/strong>daily updates can be found\u00a0in\u00a0an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/covid-19-christmas-sees-new-high\/\">earlier\u00a0post<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-global-color-13-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Travel latest: <\/strong>requirements for entering and leaving Madeira: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/travel-latest-entering-and-leaving-madeira\/\">is kept up-to-date on a\u00a0previous post<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-global-color-14-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>New restrictions:&nbsp;<\/strong>a detailed updated explanation of the latest regulations can be found&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/new-restrictions-detailed-explanation\/\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; and Madeira moves to &#8220;extremely high risk&#8221; level Both local papers lead with the headline that the Region reached a new record high yesterday when 325 cases in the previous 24 hours were announced by the Regional Secretariat for Health and Civil Protection. More details as usual on the link below which is updated daily. Also at a new record high is the number of people testing positive for Coronavirus and subsequently confined to a dedicated hotel unit in Funchal there are now 102 accommodated at the Pestana Casino Studios. I had always assumed that these were mostly tourists who had failed the test upon arrival, but of course their numbers will have been swollen by students and emigrants returning from the mainland for the holidays. The Diario also highlights that Madeira as a whole has now moved to the &#8220;extremely high risk&#8221; category as defined by the EU disease control body. Previously only certain municipalities (Machico, Funchal and Porto Santo) were classified at this level. JM reports that hundreds of Madeirans with high levels of dependency once again benefited from home consultations this year.&nbsp;Data collected between January and November show a slight increase compared to the same period in 2020. Hospital administration authority SESARAM expects to move forward with a home hospitalization project in early 2022 COVID-19 in Madeira:\u00a0daily updates can be found\u00a0in\u00a0an\u00a0earlier\u00a0post Travel latest: requirements for entering and leaving Madeira: is kept up-to-date on a\u00a0previous post New restrictions:&nbsp;a detailed updated explanation of the latest regulations can be found&nbsp;here<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-island-regional-people-headlines","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"link","format":"url"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44872\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}