Back جائحة فيروس كورونا في البرتغال Arabic Pandèmia de COVID-19 a Portugal Catalan Pandemie covidu-19 v Portugalsku Czech COVID-19-Pandemie in Portugal German Pandemia de COVID-19 en Portugal Spanish Koroonapandeemia Portugalis Estonian دنیاگیری کووید-۱۹ در پرتغال Persian Pandémie de Covid-19 au Portugal French מגפת הקורונה בפורטוגל HE Pandemi Covid-19 di Portugal ID
| COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal | |
|---|---|
| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | Portugal |
| First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
| Index case | Porto |
| Arrival date | 2 March 2020 (4 years, 8 months, 1 week and 3 days) |
| Confirmed cases | 5,669,567[1] |
| Recovered | 5,590,374[2] |
Deaths | 29,027[1] |
| Fatality rate | 0.51% |
| Vaccinations | |
| Government website | |
| coronavirus | |
The COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal was a part of the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). On 2 March 2020, the virus was confirmed to have reached the country when it was reported that two men, a 60-year-old doctor who travelled to the north of Italy on vacation and a 33-year-old man working in Spain, tested positive for COVID-19.[3][4] On 16 March 2020, the first death from COVID-19 was reported in Portugal.
On 11 October 2020, the number of confirmed cases in Portugal exceeded the number of confirmed cases in China. On 19 October 2020, the number of confirmed cases in the country crossed the 100,000-mark. The number of confirmed cases in Portugal also crossed the 200,000-mark on 13 November 2020, the 300,000-mark at the beginning of December 2020, the 400,000-mark on 29 December 2020, the 500,000-mark on 13 January 2021, the 600,000-mark on 22 January 2021, the 700,000-mark on 30 January 2021, the 800,000-mark on 22 February 2021, the 900,000-mark on 9 July 2021 and the one-million-mark on 14 August 2021. On 2 March 2021, the first anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country was commemorated. It was six days after the number of confirmed cases in Portugal exceeded 800,000.
As of 24 October 2021, Portugal administered about 16.6 million doses; over 9 million people had received at least 1 dose and over 8.86 million people were fully vaccinated, 87% and 86% of eligible population, respectively.[5]
The country underwent five waves of the pandemic, the last one being reported by the DGS in November 2021.[6]
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- ^ "Ministra confirma primeiro caso positivo de coronavirus em Portugal". Expresso. 2 March 2020.
- ^ "Confirmados dois primeros casos de contágio pelo novo coronavirus em Portugal". TSF. 2 March 2020.
- ^ "Portugal está a enfrentar a quinta vaga pandémica, alerta DGS (com áudio)". DGS - O Jornal Económico. 25 October 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "Portugal está a enfrentar a quinta vaga pandémica, alerta DGS (com áudio)" (PDF). DGS - Ministério da Saúde. 19 November 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.