Portugal registered on Wednesday 56 more deaths associated with COVID-19, bringing the national death toll to 20,024, according to the Directorate-General for Health (DGS).
The daily epidemiological bulletin shows that there were 54,693 more new COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours, bringing the national tally to 2,745,383.
According to the Portuguese health authorities, there are 2,442 people in hospital with COVID-19, with 149 of them in intensive care units.
Moreover, 33,989 COVID-19 patients were reported to have recovered in the last 24 hours.
The DGS also reported that 5,061,810 people have received a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot, and 8,798,287 people have completed primary vaccination, including 301,079 children aged five to 11. (ANI/Xinhua)
( With inputs from ANI )
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