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Portugal Reports Record Number of Daily Coronavirus Cases

Country also reported a record number of coronavirus deaths
Parliament extended nation’s state of emergency on Thursday

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By Henrique Almeida

January 28, 2021 at 5:07 PM UTC

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

There were 16,432 new cases in a day, more than the previous record of 15,333 announced on Jan. 23, taking the total to 685,383. The southern European nation has one of the world’s highest new coronavirus cases and deaths per million inhabitants over the last seven days.