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New cases halved in the first week of February By TPN/Lusa, in News · 09-02-2021 16:49:00 · 6 Comments
New cases of covid-19 in Portugal dropped by half in the first week of February when compared to the last one in January, the worst month ever of the pandemic.
Between 1 February and today, 47,403 new cases of coronavirus were registered and from 25th to 31st January the number was 84,326, which is a reduction of 56.2 percent. On Sunday, virologist Pedro Simas said in statements to the Lusa agency that Portugal is experiencing an abrupt reduction in the number of new cases due to lockdown, and that the closure of schools two weeks ago was key to this result.