Guillermo Villarreal
10/08/2020 12:42 PM
Clarín.com
Society
Updated 10/08/2020 12:42 PM
#mardeldeluto is the hashtag with which a group of people from Mar del Plata revealed this morning a tribute to the more than 500 deceased victims of coronavirus in the city: an Argentine flag for each of them affixed to the sand of
Playa Popular
.
"In 'La Feliz' we are in mourning," they described on social networks.
The image, on a sunny morning, surprised the locals: "504 flags. 504 stories. 504 from Mar del Plata who are gone, who were fatal victims of the cruelty of this pandemic. The residents of Mar del Plata and Batán embraced at 504 families who lost their loved ones ", they expressed
Mar del Plata surpassed a similar number of deaths last night and
the health situation is not the best
, with an average of
300 new coronavirus infections a day
.
Until Wednesday night, for the fifth day in a row, more patients were discharged each day.
Thus, currently, there are 3,244 patients under treatment.
The message continues: "We know how difficult it is to stay at home in these times of so much uncertainty, when days accumulate and months go by, but if we want
our beaches to be full of shared happy moments
, it is our responsibility to take care of ourselves. between all ".
"We don't want to lose anyone else, we don't want to mourn more fatalities, more unfinished stories, more families destroyed. That is why we need to be taken care of and we take care of ourselves."
"If you can stay at home and if you can't, take care of yourself and comply with all the health protocols," they recommended.
Mar del Plata. Correspondent
ACE
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