618 new cases and 3 deaths by Covid-19 in Portugal

  • ECO News
  • 31 March 2021

The number of people infected with coronavirus continues to increase and, in the last 24 hours, there have been 618 new cases.

There are 618 new cases of coronavirus compared to Tuesday, bringing the total number of people infected with the disease to  821,722. 3 people have died in the last 24 hours, according to the latest official report of the Directorate-General for Health (DGS).

Of the total number of people infected with the new coronavirus, most are undergoing treatment at home, with 558 inpatients, 127 of them in intensive care units (ICU). There are over 15,000 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 16,848 people, 3 of them in the last 24 hours.