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Portuguese news in English on September 28, 2020.

By the numbers

To the good news first: today’s increase in new cases is the lowest in two weeks and the weekend’s numbers are low enough (884 and 665) that the two-week average has dropped appreciably for the first time since late August. Of course, it’s only the start of the week so if the normal pattern holds, we’re likely to see much larger increases …