08/24/2020 - 19:42
- Clarín.com
- Society
The Ministry of Health of the Nation reported this Monday that in the last 24 hours 382 deaths from coronavirus were reported and 8,713 new infections were identified. Numbers that indicate new records since the pandemic began.
The peak of cases still seems to have not reached Argentina, where it seems that every day they increase a little more. The previous highest numbers came last week, with 282 deaths on August 19 and 8,225 infected on August 21.
In this way, 350,867 total positives are reached in the country and at the moment the number of deceased people is 7,366.
This Monday the new report indicated that the Province of Buenos Aires, with 5,656 infections, was the most affected area, which involved 65% of the total for the day. Then the City of Buenos Aires followed, with 1,333.
In the morning 95 new deaths were registered : 50 men, 37 residents in the province of Buenos Aires; 3 from CABA; 1 in Jujuy, Mendoza, Salta and Tierra del Fuego; 6 in La Rioja; And 43 women: 26 residents in PBA; 5 in CABA; 1 in Chaco and Corrientes; 2 in Jujuy, Neuquén and Santa Cruz; 4 in La Rioja.
The average age of the deceased is 72.5 years and the fatality rate reaches 2%, while the mortality rate is 154 people per million inhabitants.
According to the morning report, the number of recovered from Covid-19 was 256,789, which represents 75% of the total confirmed cases . This Sunday there were 5,389 highs.
The isolation in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires (AMBA) is in force until August 30, after Alberto Fernández announced it in a press conference weeks ago.
This new stage of the fight against the coronavirus included a return to phase 1 in several provinces in the interior of the country where there was a greater growth of cases, while in the City and the Suburbs the focus is on continuing to avoid social gatherings.
The coronavirus advances in the poorest municipalities of the Conurbano. According to official data accessed by Clarín, in the 10 days that elapsed between August 13 and 22 (both included), the average increase in confirmed cases in 28 parties in Greater Buenos Aires was 21.3% and that of deaths, 27.6%.
That is to say, it went from 150,754 registered infections to 182,879 and from 2,806 to 3,580 deaths. To have a parameter, in the same period in the City, infections grew 12.7% and deaths, 17.4%.
News in development.
AFG