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American new cases still increase by around 30k per day even New York's is down by 7,000 cases from its peak. Flattern the curve? Or just more nationwide spread?

Spain increases 3,200 new cases today.

Spain, Portugal Cases Rise (10:50 a.m. NY)
Spain reported 1,095 new cases in the last 24 hours, the biggest increase in nearly a week, as the country goes through the first phase of a plan to relax its lockdown after eight weeks of confinement. The total number of cases, adjusted to include changes in data for the Madrid region, rose to 222,857, according to Health Ministry data. Fatalities rose by 229 to 26,299. That compares with an increase of 213 on Thursday.

Portugal, which began easing confinement measures on Monday, reported a bigger increase in new cases for a third day on Friday while the number of patients in intensive-care units fell for a second day. There were 553 new cases, taking the total to 27,268, the government said. Total deaths rose by nine to 1,114. Deaths so far indicate a fatality rate of 4.1%, the health minister, Antonio Lacerda Sales, said in Lisbon on Friday.