Portugal health system struggling as daily Covid deaths hit 293
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Lisbon, Jan 27 (efe-epa).- Portugal is reaching its maximum hospital capacity as health authorities on Wednesday recorded a new record number of 293 deaths in a single day and dozens had to be transferred from hospitals as oxygen systems failed to match demand.
The current wave of Covid-19 in the Atlantic nation, which weathered the first surge in the spring of 2020 relatively well compared to the likes of its neighbor Spain, is unrelenting.
There were 15,073 new infections Wednesday, just shy of the previous record of 15,073.
Portugal has a population of just over 10 million.