The number of people registered as unemployed increased by 36% in September compared to a year ago, with the tourism-dependent Algarve region suffering the hardest blow as the coronavirus wiped out thousands of seasonal jobs. The total of registered unemployed rose to around 410,000 people, meaning more than 100,000 jobs have been lost across the nation since September 2019.
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