Portugal 地位,任命するs over 3,000 new COVID-19 感染s

LISBON, July 7 (Reuters) - Portugal 報告(する)/憶測d more than 3,000 daily coronavirus 事例/患者s in the last 24 hours for the first time since February, data showed on Wednesday, as 当局 pondered その上の 対策 to bring under 支配(する)/統制する a worrying 殺到する in 感染s.

Wednesday's 3,285 new 事例/患者s, a nearly 40% jump from the same day last week, brought the total number of 感染s in Portugal, a country of just over 10,000 million, to 896,026 since the pandemic started.

New 事例/患者s are 存在 報告(する)/憶測d mostly の中で unvaccinated younger people so daily deaths have remained in 選び出す/独身 digits, 井戸/弁護士席 below February's levels, when the country was still under a strict lockdown.

The lockdown was 課すd in January to 取り組む what was then the world's worst coronavirus 殺到する but the fourth wave of the pandemic - 原因(となる)d by the more 感染性の Delta variant - is hitting the southern European nation hard.

Nearly 90% of 事例/患者s in Portugal are of the Delta variant.

The 感染 率 started to 増加する after Portugal opened to 訪問者s from the European Union and Britain in 中央の-May. Now, most 商売/仕事s have 再開するd and, as the summer season kicks off, beaches and restaurants are busy.

A night-time 外出禁止令 was put in place last week in 45 municipalities 含むing Lisbon, Porto and Albufeira, and restaurants and 非,不,無-food shops must の近くに earlier at the 週末 in some areas.

News 出口 images showed hundreds of young holidaymakers partying in the streets of Albufeira, a popular 目的地 in the southern Algarve 地域, on Tuesday evening.

To 取り組む the 殺到する, Portugal 加速するd its ワクチン接種 (選挙などの)運動をする. 政府 大臣s will 会合,会う on Thursday to decide on the next steps and might 発表する その上の 対策.

Asked if a 明言する/公表する of 緊急 could be reimposed at some point, Health 大臣 Marta Temido said it was not "全く impossible," 追加するing the pandemic 状況/情勢 was under "constant evaluation". (報告(する)/憶測ing by Catar ina Demony and Patricia Vicente Rua; Editing by Jonathan Oatis)

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