The latest figures from the DGS have shown that the number of suspected cases has also risen over the past day to a new high of 11,779, up 19.5 percent from the recorded number yesterday of 9,845 suspected cases.

Currently in Portugal 169 people are being treated in hospital for coronavirus and 41 people have been admitted to intensive care units. 1,152 cases are awaiting lab results and a further 12,562 cases are being monitored by the authorities.

There are 825 cases in the north, 534 cases in Lisbon and Vale do Tejo, 180 cases in the central region, 35 cases in the Algarve, 7 cases in Madeira, five cases in the Alentejo and four cases now confirmed in the Azores.

Another two people have died over the past 24 hours in Portugal over the past 24 hours taking the total death toll to 14, while the number of cases of recovery remains at five.