Sources: DGS
Portugal reports a record for the third consecutive day of 28,659 new cases of COVID-19. The country also reduces the mandatory quarantine for asymptomatic people who test positive from COVID-19 and high-risk contacts to seven days due to concerns about the spread of the Omicron variant. 2021-12-30
Portuguese authorities announce that restaurants and non-food shops in Albufeira, Lisbon and Sesimbra will close on weekends at 3:30 p.m. while supermarkets and other food outlets will close on weekends at 7:00 p.m. as part of measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in the region. 2021-06-24
Portugal reports its first six cases of the Lineage B.1.617 variant originally detected in India. 2021-04-27
Portugal reports a record 159 deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 8,543. 2021-01-15
Prime Minister António Costa says that an overnight curfew beginning at 11:00 p.m. will be in effect in the country on New Year's Eve. He also added that people would not be allowed to leave their homes between 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. from January 1 to 3. 2020-12-17
Portugal reports a record daily increase of 3,669 new cases, bringing the cumulative counts to 116,109 confirmed cases and 2,297 deaths. 2020-10-24
Portugal reports a record daily increase with 3,270 new cases, bringing the cumulative counts to 109,541 confirmed cases and 2,245 deaths. 2020-10-22
Portugal reports 847 new daily cases, bringing the cumulative totals to 68,025 confirmed cases and 1,899 deaths. Ever since the end of national lockdown in May, this has been the fifth time that the country has registered some record increases in new cases, with all five records occurring during an 11-day window. 2020-09-19
Portugal reports a record increase of 770 new cases and ten deaths since the end of national lockdown in May, thus bringing the cumulative totals to 66,396 confirmed cases and 1,888 deaths. Today also marks the official start of the 2020-2021 public school year, which began with in-person classes nationwide. 2020-09-17
For the second time in the same week, Portugal reports the biggest daily increase in new cases since the national lockdown was lifted in May, with 687 new cases and three deaths, bringing the cumulative totals to 62,813 confirmed cases and 1,855 deaths in 193 days since the first infections were detected in the country. 2020-09-11