Ex-footballer George Forsyth has become the third candidate in Peru s presidential elections Sunday to test positive for the coronavirus, as the country also recorded a record daily death rate.
Unlike neighbor Chile, which had also been due to hold elections on Sunday but postponed them in the face of the health crisis, Peru s president has decided to push ahead, and some 25 million people are eligible to go out and vote. x
With a week to go, Peru on Saturday reported a record daily 294 coronavirus deaths.
And on Sunday, Forsyth s entourage announced he had tested positive for Covid-19 after developing symptoms during a tour of the north of the country.