08/17/2020 - 20:25
- Clarín.com
- Society
The Ministry of Health of the Nation reported this Sunday that in the last 24 hours 111 deaths from coronavirus were reported and 4,557 infections were identified .
In the morning, 47 new deaths were registered : 21 men, 11 residents of the province of Buenos Aires; four in the City of Buenos Aires (CABA); three from Chaco; one from Neuquén; one from Río Negro; one from Salta; and 26 women; 15 Buenos Aires; six from the Federal Capital; three from Río Negro; one from Salta; and one from Tierra del Fuego.
In the evening report, 64 fatalities were added : 34 men (20 from Province, eight from CABA, two from Salta, one from Chaco, one from Entre Ríos, one from Río Negro and one from Santa Fe), and 30 women (13 from the Buenos Aires territory, eleven from the City, two from Salta, one from Entre Ríos, one from Córdoba, one from Mendoza and one from Río Negro).
Thus, since the beginning of the pandemic, Argentina has already added 5,814 deaths, in addition to 299,126 positive cases throughout the national territory.
To date, the total number of discharges is 217,850 people, for which 70,969 are suffering from the disease, according to the report released in the morning.
Banderazo in the Obelisco against the measures of the Government. Photo: Mario Quinteros
It was also reported that 14,533 new samples were taken on Sunday and 981,459 diagnostic tests for the disease were carried out since the beginning of the outbreak, which is equivalent to 21,629.1 samples per million inhabitants.
The report comes out in the middle of aMassive march throughout the country against the government's isolation policies to combat the coronavirus pandemic and also to question the Justice reform project, corruption and insecurity , according to the different calls.
From the ruling party they harshly criticized the call, they did not hesitate to hold Mauricio Macri and the toughest sector of Juntos por el Cambio responsible because "they care very little about the health of Argentines" and warned about the possibility of the march being a focus contagion.
That is why many participated in the demonstration with their cars, without leaving the vehicle to prevent. Others on foot tried to maintain social distance and to wear masks.
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