Portugal has reported 646 new coronavirus cases this Wednesday, the highest daily toll since April 20, with transmission primarily occurring in family households, health secretary Jamila Madeira told a news conference today.
New cases fell to around 100 a day at the beginning of August but have crept back up since then, worrying the tourism industry as it waits to hear whether Portugal will be taken back out of the UK’s air bridge list.
Stricter measures to curb the coronavirus outbreak will be introduced across Portugal from mid-September as students return to schools and many workers go back to the office, although details have yet to be announced. They are expected to be revealed by the middle of September.
Most new cases were split between the northern region and Greater Lisbon, health ministry data showed.
