278 new Covid-19 cases, three more deaths in last 24 hours
278 new cases of coronavirus have been identified in Portugal in the last 24 hours. The total number of infected people increases to 53,223.
Portugal now has three more deaths from Covid-19 and 278 new cases of infection than on Tuesday, according to the daily bulletin of the Directorate-General for Health (DGS).
The number of people admitted to hospital is 367, two more than the day before, and in intensive care, there are 40 people, five more.
According to the DGS bulletin on the epidemiological situation, there have been 53,223 confirmed cases of infection and 1,764 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.
The region of Lisbon and Tagus Valley totals 27,441 cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday, 160 more than on Tuesday.
