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Portugal’s COVID-19 death toll hits 599
- 15 April, 2020
- 13:18
Portugal reported the biggest increase in new confirmed coronavirus cases in five days on Wednesday, while the number of hospitalized patients fell.
There were 643 new cases in a day, taking the total number to 18,091, the government said on Wednesday. The total number of deaths rose from 567 to 599. A total of 383 patients have now recovered.
The land borders between Portugal and Spain are to remain closed at least until May 15.
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) emerged in late 2019 in China’s Hubei province, and the virus has spread to 210 countries and territories since then.
To date, COVID-19 cases surpassed 2,000,000 globally, resulting in more than 490,000 recoveries and over 120,000 deaths.
On February 11, the WHO officially named the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) as COVID-19, and on March 11, declared it a pandemic.
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