FILE PHOTO: People walk near the Tagus river during the coronavirus pandemic, in Lisbon, Portugal, July 8, 2021. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes
LISBON (Reuters) - All COVID-19 cases in the Lisbon area and the popular southern Algarve region are of the more contagious Delta variant, data showed on Tuesday, as Portuguese authorities scramble to bring under control a worrying surge in infections.
Portugal's new daily case numbers have been rising steadily in recent weeks, returning to levels last seen in February when the country was under a strict lockdown battling what was then the world's worst coronavirus surge.
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