854 new cases and six more deaths by Covid-19 in Portugal

  • ECO News
  • 1 October 2020

The number of people infected with coronavirus continues to increase and in the last 24 hours, there have been 854 new cases.

There are 854 new cases of coronavirus compared to Wednesday, bringing the total number of people infected with the disease to 76,396. Six people have died in the last 24 hours. The Lisbon and Tagus Valley region continues to concentrate the largest number of new infections.

Of the total number of infected, most are undergoing treatment at home, with 682 inpatients, 107 of them in intensive care units. There are over 45,000 under the surveillance of the health authorities.

Since it was detected in Portugal at the beginning of March, the coronavirus has caused the death of 1,977 people, six of them in the last 24 hours.