Sources: Euro Weekly News
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 of 221 deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 9,686. 2021-01-21
Portugal reports a record 167 deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 9,028. 2021-01-18
Portugal reports a record 159 deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 8,543. 2021-01-15
Portugal reports a new daily record of 10,176 cases, bringing the nationwide cumulative total of confirmed cases to 466,709. 2021-01-8
The Portuguese Assembly of the Republic approves a 15-day extension of the state of emergency beginning November 24 in order to allow a continuation of measures aimed to stop the spread of COVID-19. The current state of emergency will expire on November 23. 2020-11-20
Portugal reports a record daily increase with 3,960 new cases, bringing the cumulative counts to 128,382 confirmed cases and 2,395 deaths. 2020-10-28
Portugal registers 1,646 new daily cases, bringing the cumulative total of confirmed cases to 85,574. This is the highest daily increase for the country since the beginning of the pandemic. 2020-10-10
Portugal reports 646 new cases and three new deaths. It is the biggest daily increase in new cases since the national lockdown was lifted in May, bringing the cumulative totals to 61,541 confirmed cases and 1,849 deaths in 191 days since the first infections were identified. 2020-09-9