Ballots on Sunday were being counted in the Peruvian presidential elections destined for a run-off with no candidate able to fire up the nation during its deadliest week of the COVID-19 pandemic to date.
About 25 million people were eligible to vote which is mandatory the day after Peru reported its highest-ever daily toll in the pandemic.
With 16 percent of the votes counted by early Monday, far-left labor unionist Pedro Castillo took a lead among 18 candidates with 15.7 percent much higher than polls had predicted, but far short of the 51 percent required to avoid a run-off