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Health has added 42,885 new infections this Friday and 400 deaths in the last 24 hours. The accumulated incidence continues to escalate and exceeds 828 positives per 100,000 inhabitants. In total, 2,499,560 people have been infected in Spain and 55,441 have died since the start of the pandemic. The Community of Madrid has announced new restrictions to stop the spread of the virus. The closure of shops and hotels is brought forward at 9:00 p.m. and meetings of more than four people who do not live together as well as meetings at homes are prohibited. In addition, the curfew is set between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. The measures will begin to apply this Monday, January 25. In Europe, Portugal this Friday exceeded 600,000 cases (609,136) and has registered a new maximum of deaths with 234 (9,920 in total). In addition, the Portuguese Prime Minister, António Costa, has announced that air communication with the United Kingdom is suspended as of Saturday to stop the spread of the new British variant of the coronavirus.
