06/20/2020 - 19:56
- Clarín.com
- Society
The Ministry of Health of the Nation confirmed this Saturday that in the last 24 hours there were 14 deaths from coronavirus and that thus the total number of deaths remained close to 1,000, while with the new cases identified there are already more than 41,000 people who became infected in the country.
"Since the last report issued, 12 new deaths were recorded : 8 men, four of 93, 84, 79 and 61, residing in the province of Buenos Aires; four of 87, 78, 50 and 55 years, residents of the City of Buenos Aires (CABA); and four women, two aged 91 and 88, residing in the province of Buenos Aires; and two, aged 92 and 49, residing in the City of Buenos Aires (CABA). deceased is 992, "said the official report.
In the morning report, the health authorities reported that there were 2 new deaths since Friday: that of a 70-year-old man, resident in the province of Chaco, and that of another 93-year-old, resident in the City of Buenos Aires. Aires.
" Today 1,634 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed . With these records, there are 41,204 positives in the country, " they indicated.
The official survey also stated that the province of Buenos Aires had more cases than the Federal Capital : in the Buenos Aires territory, 1013 new infected were identified, and the total jumped to 18,583, while in the Federal Capital 512 cases were reported and the Total went to 18,300.
This morning it was also specified that on Friday "8,625 new samples were made and from the start of the outbreak 273,229 diagnostic tests were carried out for this disease, which is equivalent to 6,021.3 samples per million inhabitants."
"The number of cases discarded until yesterday (Friday) is 186,233 (by laboratory and by clinical / epidemiological criteria)," they indicated from the national government.
And they recalled that "the main age groups affected by the registered cases correspond to people between 20 and 59 years old, the average age being 36 years old."
The numbers describe the situation by which the possibility of returning to the initial and stricter phase of quarantine in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA) is analyzed.
That measure could be defined next Monday, during the meeting that President Alberto Fernández will hold with the head of the Buenos Aires Government, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, and with the Buenos Aires governor, Axel Kicillof.
On Friday, Rodríguez Larreta and Kicillof analyzed the situation during a meeting they had in La Plata. Both warned that the possibility of tightening controls is not ruled out if the jump in infections continues.
After that summit, the provincial president admitted that "phase 1 is being studied (returned to)" because, he explained, the data on coronavirus cases in the province "have worsened."
"The more infections, the more people must use intensive therapy, and if this continues, the measures will have to be tightened," said Kicillof, after the meeting that also included the Health Minister of Buenos Aires, Daniel Gollán, and the Porteño, Fernán Quirós; in addition to the deputy head of the Buenos Aires government, Diego Santilli and the Buenos Aires Minister of Security, Sergio Berni.
Along the same lines, Rodríguez Larreta assured that the data of the last days at the AMBA "is very worrying" and warned that if the evolution of coronavirus cases continues to be high "there is no doubt that we are going to have to take more measures strict. "