An ambulance rushes outside the Santa Maria Hospital in Lisbon on January 22, 2021. – Portuguese voters will head to the polls to choose a president in two days, with the dramatic context of a coronavirus lockdown creating more headlines than the expected re-election of incumbent Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. (Photo by CARLOS COSTA / AFP)
Portugal suffered record daily numbers of coronavirus deaths and new infections Saturday, official figures showed, the day before the country is set to vote in a presidential election.
The total Covid-19 toll topped 10,000 deaths after a further 274 fatalities in 24 hours, the national health authority said.
Meanwhile, at 15,333, the number of new cases identified in the country of 10 million people was the highest since the beginning of the pandemic.
The latest figures come on top of 80,000 new infections in the past week, making Portugal the country with the fastest-growing outbreak in proportion to its population, according to a global AFP…
Source: Guardian Newspaper
