Portugal confirms nearly 14,000 COVID-19 cases

The number of COVID-19 cases in Portugal rose to 13956 this Thursday, 815 more cases compared to the previous day.

There are 409 fatalities, 29 more than yesterday.

Portugal extended the state of emergency until April 13.

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) emerged in late 2019 in China’s Hubei province, and the virus has spread to 209 countries and territories since then.

To date, COVID-19 cases surpassed 1,500,000 globally, resulting in more than 330,000 recoveries and over 88,000 deaths.

On February 11, the WHO officially named the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) as COVID-19, and on March 11, declared it a pandemic.