09/20/2020 - 19:21
Clarín.com
Society
180 days after the beginning of the isolation, the Ministry of Health reported 8,431 new cases of coronavirus and
254 deaths due to the disease
, in the last 24 hours.
With these records, there are
631,365 positive cases
in the country and
the number of deceased persons is 13,053
.
In the morning daily report, the portfolio had registered 110 deaths and in the afternoon 144 new ones were reported.
These correspond to 146 men and 106 women, in addition to two deceased reported without sex data.
They resided in the province of Buenos Aires (35), Tucumán (35), Jujuy (14), Salta (5), CABA (4), Mendoza (4), Corrientes (3), Santiago del Estero (3), Neuquén (2), Chaco (1), Santa Fe (1) and Tierra del Fuego (1).
On Saturday, 21,093 tests had been carried out, and since the beginning of the outbreak there were 1,729,040 diagnostic tests for this disease.
That is equivalent to 38,104.1 samples per million inhabitants.
The number of cases discarded is 932,521 (by laboratory and by clinical / epidemiological criteria).
The Secretary of Access to Health,
Carla Vizzotti
, pointed out this Sunday regarding the cases that "for the first time the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires (AMBA) has a lower percentage than the rest of the country."
Families enjoy the good weather in Palermo, Buenos Aires.
Photo Marcelo Carroll.
When the Spring Day and Student Day were celebrated next Monday, the official asked "to work very hard to minimize risks, to see, depending on the place where we reside, what are the recommendations and what are the authorized activities."
In addition, he recalled that while the average age of infections is 38 years, the death rate in our country is 72, and asked young people to maintain precautions to "minimize transmission, lower cases and protect those who have more risk of complications and death. "
In this sense, the city government warned that students will be able to celebrate it, but in groups of less than ten people and respecting social distancing and the use of masks to avoid infections.
In order for them to comply with hygiene regulations and prevent crowds, they will deploy an operation with more than 600 people in twelve squares and parks throughout Buenos Aires.
AFG
