Coronavirus in Argentina: 68 deaths and 8,932 new cases confirmed

01/16/2021 18:55

• Clarín.com

• Society

Updated 01/16/2021 19:00

The Ministry of Health of the Nation reported 68 deaths and 8,932 new cases of coronavirus this Saturday.

In this way, Argentina accumulates 45,295 fatalities and 1,791,979 infections since the beginning of the pandemic.

The deaths in the last hours are 38 men and 29 women, while a person who died in the City of Buenos Aires was registered without sex data.

The health portfolio specified that of the total confirmed cases, 1,573,104 are recovered patients and

173,580 are active patients

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Situation # COVID19 in Argentina

Confirmed: 8,932 |

Total: 1,791,979 cases Deaths

: 68 |

Total: 45,295

ICU bed occupancy: 3,578

Percentage of total adult ICU bed occupancy:

- Nation: 54%

- AMBA: 59%

Full report: https://t.co/wuxX4w7QjB pic.twitter.com/T896jQghen

- Ministry of Health of the Nation (@msalnacion) January 16, 2021

While the increase in cases is being followed with concern and fears of a possible second wave like the one that has many European countries in check, this Saturday 300 thousand doses of the second component of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine arrived in the country.

The Airbus 330-200 with registration LV-GHQ, with the designation ARG1601, touched the runway at 10:48 after 16 hours of flight.

He had started from Moscow on Friday after 18.20 in Argentina (0.20 in the Russian Federation).

The new doses will be a complement to those that are still being applied in the vaccination plan that the Government has been developing throughout the country since Tuesday, December 29, and is focused on health workers.

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