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Portugal Reports Record Number of Daily Coronavirus Cases

  • Government reports record number of deaths for a third day
  • Prime minister announced tighter restrictions on Monday

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Portugal on Wednesday reported the biggest daily increase in confirmed coronavirus cases since the start of the outbreak.

There were 14,647 new cases in a day, more than the previous record of 10,947 announced on Saturday, taking the total to 581,605.