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First day without a COVID-19 death since March // Two fatal rail accidents could have been avoided

First day without a COVID-19 death since March // Two fatal rail accidents could have been avoided

Portuguese news in English on August 3, 2020

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I was expecting this day to come a while ago but I’m glad it’s finally here. For the first day since March 15, no COVID-19 patients have died. In more good news, the new confirmed case numbers for today are some of the lowest we’ve seen and follow relatively small increases in both cases (238 and 153) and deaths (2 and 1). It’s been more t…

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