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23,392 cases; 880 deaths: https://covid19.min-saude.pt/ponto-de-situacao-atual-em-portugal/
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Around one in five workers in Portugal has been laid off since the pandemic, with unemployment skyrocketing to 380,832 people, or 6.4% - and just 10,000 below its peak during the global financial crisis in 2008.
“We know this virus kills but we often forget there are workers who had their lives destroyed because they lost jobs and wages,” Communist Party leader Jeronimo de Sousa told reporters at the event.
Portugal has so far reported 25,351 coronavirus cases and 1,007 deaths. On Monday it will gradually start to lift its lockdown as part of a sector-by-sector plan announced on Thursday by Prime Minister Antonio Costa.
Portugal today recorded a total of 1,074 deaths related to covid-19, 11 more than on Monday, and 25,702 infected (more 178), according to the epidemiological bulletin released today by the General Directorate of Health.
...snipPortugal has today recorded a total of 1,089 deaths related to covid-19, 15 more than on Tuesday, and 26,182 infected (more 480), according to the epidemiological bulletin released today by the General Directorate of Health.
Compared to Tuesday's data, which recorded 1,074 deaths, today there has been an increase of 1.4 percent in deaths.
Regarding the number of confirmed cases of infection with the new coronavirus (26,182), data from the General Directorate of Health (DGS) show that there are 480 more cases than on Tuesday (25,702), representing an increase of 1.9 percent.
...snipPortugal has today recorded a total of 1,135 covid-19-related deaths, nine more than on Saturday, and 27,581 infected, another 175, according to the epidemiological bulletin released today by the General Directorate of Health.
In comparison with Saturday's data, which recorded 1,126 deaths, today there was an increase in deaths of 0.8%.
Regarding the number of confirmed cases of infection with the new coronavirus (27,581), data from the Directorate-General for Health (DGS) show that there are 175 more cases than on Saturday (27,406), representing an increase of 0.6%.