Coronavirus in Argentina: another 212 deaths and 5,331 new cases confirmed, the lowest record of infections since August

11/08/2020 19:07

• Clarín.com

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Updated 11/08/2020 7:25 PM

The Ministry of Health reported this Sunday that 212 (136 men and 76 women) deaths from coronavirus were reported and that 5,331 new infections were identified in the last 24 hours.

It is

when 5,352 were reported.

There are 1,242,182 positives in the country, of which 1,062,911 are recovered patients and 145,711 are active confirmed cases.

At the moment, the number of deceased people is 33,560.

"In the last 24 hours, 14,025 tests were carried out and since the beginning of the outbreak, 3,228,651 diagnostic tests for this disease were carried out, which is equivalent to 71,152 samples per million inhabitants," the statement from the health portfolio detailed.

Regarding the number of new infections and accumulated cases, the numbers by province are:

(1,309-570,497);

(245-150,576);

(15-1,179);

(122-15,038);

(119-16,895);

(775-93,579);

(77-2,910);

(187-18,104);

(0-162);

(12-18,025);

(99-4,121) and

(55-7,849).

And they complete it:

(140-50,574);

(3-333);

(154-25,254);

(126-26,229);

(36-19,546);

(127-3.663);

(54-9,071);

(176-11,086);

(879-118.302);

(170-11,326);

(178-13,136) and

(273-54,727)

Situation # COVID19 in Argentina

Confirmed: 5,331 |

Total: 1,242,182 Deaths

: 212 |

Total: 33,560

ICU bed occupancy: 4608

Percentage of total adult ICU bed occupancy:

- Nation: 58.1%

- AMBA: 59.7%

Full report: https://t.co/j8NGPliJEm pic.twitter.com/wb2hQZnr1N

- Ministry of Health of the Nation (@msalnacion) November 8, 2020

Regarding the monitoring of inmates in beds of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), 4,608 inmates were confirmed for COVID-19, with a percentage of total occupancy of adults of

.

The official numbers were known while progress was made with the procedures to access the vaccines against Covid-19 and

In this regard, it was reported that the command that will carry out the vaccination of Argentines against the coronavirus, which will be headed by President Alberto Fernández, will include the Ministries of Health, Defense, Security and Interior, which are already working in a coordinated manner pending of the arrival of the first vaccines towards the end of the year.

When announcing the new stages of social distancing and isolation throughout the country from Monday

, the President announced the creation of a "command with the provinces to organize vaccination", which will be headed by the chief of State and will include the portfolios headed by Ginés González García, Agustín Rossi, Sabrina Frederic and Eduardo de Pedro.

Meanwhile, the City of Buenos Aires is preparing this Monday for the return to classes at all levels.

Although the deputy head of government, Diego Santilli, clarified that it is not a normal return, but is part of the "re-linking", which maintains strict protocols, small groups and the bubble scheme.

"Starting Monday, schooling will be for all students, from 45 days to adults. Rejoining continues,

And the bubble scheme continues", indicated the official on Radio Miter.

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