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Portugal health officials reported a fourth consecutive day with more than 35,000 COVID-19 cases reported, according to a Diário de Notícias report.

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Portugal recorded an additional 35,643 cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, according to the epidemiological bulletin of the Directorate-General for Health (DGS).

In addition, there were 20 deaths in the last 24 hours. There are now 1388 people hospitalized, of which 153 are in intensive care.

The highest number of new infections was recorded in Lisbon and Vale do Tejo (15,142) and in the North region (12,481). In the Center, 3819 cases were detected, followed by Madeira (1708), Algarve (1118), Alentejo (1085) and Azores (290).