Six more deaths, 401 new coronavirus cases in last 24 hours

  • Lusa
  • 28 August 2020

401 new cases of infection with the new coronavirus have been identified in the last 24 hours. A further 6 people died with Covid-19.

Portugal registered six more deaths associated with Covid-19 and 401 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours, according to the epidemiological bulletin of the Directorate General of Health (DGS) released on Friday.

According to DGS data, since the beginning of the pandemic until today, there have been 57,074 cases of infection and 1,815 deaths.

The Lisbon and Tagus Valley region registered the most new cases in the last 24 hours, with 182 confirmed infections, accounting for 29,514 cases.