08/16/2020 - 19:31
- Clarín.com
- Society
The Ministry of Health of the Nation reported this Sunday that in the last 24 hours 66 deaths from coronavirus were reported and that 5,469 infections were identified.
Since the last report issued, 20 new deaths have been registered. 13 men, 8 residents in the province of Buenos Aires; 2 from the City of Buenos Aires (CABA); 1 from Chaco; 1 of Entre Ríos; 1 from Mendoza; and 6 women; 5 from Buenos Aires; 1 from Chaco.
The fatality rate remains at 1.9% and the mortality rate is 124 people per million inhabitants.
Recreational outings with social distance. Photo: Germán García Adrasti
During the morning report headed by the Secretary for Access to Health, Carla Vizzotti, it was highlighted that "laboratory tests continue to increase", given that 17,756 new samples were taken yesterday and 966,926 diagnostic tests were carried out for this disease since the beginning of the outbreak. disease, which is equivalent to 21,308.8 samples per million inhabitants.
The morning report had this Sunday in which Children's Day is celebrated a striking note. Along with the officials, Filomena, a member of the children's group Vuelta Canela, was in the announcement.
Filomena, from the Vuelta Canela children's group, in the daily report on the coronavirus. (TV picture)
Argentina goes through week 21 in quarantine with the gradual opening of some businesses and activities in the Federal Capital and Greater Buenos Aires. On the other hand, the world is beginning to see positive results in the test of a possible vaccine against the virus.
Opening of bars in San Isidro with protocols for the coronavirus. Photo: Marcelo Carroll
Arnaldo Dubin, a member of the Sociedad Argentina de Terapia Intensiva (SATI), warned that "the limitation of the functioning of the (health) system is not a physical resource" such as a respirator or a bed "but the human resource" and said that that "sad" reality can already be observed in jurisdictions like Jujuy.
Dubin said that "if there is a risk of collapse, it is not due to the lack of respirators, of beds , it is due to the lack of personnel" and explained that critical care areas historically suffer from the lack of professionals willing to face this function.