Coronavirus live: Brazil records 2,233 daily Covid deaths; Portugal to ease lockdown

Over 2,000 daily deaths recorded for second consecutive day; strict rules to be gradually relaxed from next week in Portugal

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Brazil reported 2,233 Covid-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, the second consecutive day that fatalities have exceeded 2,000, the health ministry said on Thursday, and 75,412 new cases.

The South American country has now registered 11,277,717 cases since the pandemic began, while the official death toll has risen to 272,889, according to ministry data, in the world's third-biggest outbreak after the U.S. and India.