Government wants to avoid closing schools due to single infection // UK travel corridor reportedly at risk

Portuguese news in English on August 31, 2020.

By the numbers

The weekend brought less than ideal news, with 374 and 320 cases before today’s slight drop. Active cases have now been on the increase for more than two weeks straight and both hospitalisations (349) and numbers in intensive care (41) have ticked up very slightly in recent days. That’s an indicator that usually lags behind case numbers b…