LISBON, June 2 (Xinhua) -- The Portuguese National Institute of Statistics (INE) announced on Tuesday that the country's unemployment rate reached 6.3 percent in April, a rise of 0.1 percentage point from 6.2 percent in March.
In April, the number of unemployed people reached 319,400, an increase of 2,200 people compared to March,
According to INE, the employed people in Portugal reached 4.754 million, a decrease of 1.8 percent compared to April 2019. The data for April were influenced by the "current situation determined by the COVID-19 pandemic," with "behavioral changes resulting from measures to safeguard public health."
There were 195 more confirmed cases and 12 deaths from the coronavirus in Portugal in the last 24 hours, bringing the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 32,895, and death toll to 1,436, according to Spain's health authorities. Enditem
