07/21/2020 - 19:37
- Clarín.com
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After the record of deaths on Monday, the Ministry of Health of the Nation confirmed on Tuesday 117 deaths from coronavirus in the country. In addition, it reported another 5,344 positive cases .
In its morning part, the health portfolio had reported the death of 53 people , without specifying the ages. Of the victims, 33 were men and 20 were women. If understood by jurisdiction, Jujuy reported 24 deaths, while the province of Buenos Aires registered 15 and the City, 14.
The mortality rate in Argentina is 52 deaths per million inhabitants, with a case fatality rate of 1.8% over confirmed cases, both below international averages.
According to official information, 11,207 new samples were made on Monday and 563,513 diagnostic tests for this disease were carried out since the start of the outbreak, equivalent to 12,418.5 samples per million inhabitants.
Although the latest reports have marked a growth in deaths, the Secretary of Access to Health, Carla Vizzotti , stressed that the country still has a "mortality that is among the lowest in the region" and said that the specific lethality is in 1.8, when the global is 4.2 and in the region it is 4.1.
At the head of the daily report, the official said that Argentina is at a time to "value the achievements" achieved and "strengthen individual responsibility" to prevent further circulation of the virus.
"Our health system is being able to respond to each person who needs it," said Vizzotti, who referred to the expansion of more than 40% in the availability of critical care beds.
"Every infection that we prevent today is going to be a bed that will not be occupied in a few weeks," the secretary remarked, adding that also "it is very important to take care of chronic conditions" and that patients with these conditions "continue with their controls. "
As Vizzotti explained, it is necessary to consult before any "acute event" of health, work on road safety and policies such as vaccination to "minimize the occupation of beds by extra Covid conditions that can also be prevented."
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