08/19/2020 - 19:53
- Clarín.com
- Society
The Ministry of Health of the Nation reported this Monday that in the last 24 hours, 283 deaths from coronavirus were reported and new 6,693 infections were identified. With these records, there are 312,659 positives in the country and 6,330 deaths.
In the morning 66 new deaths were registered. 37 men, 27 from Buenos Aires; 6 in the City of Buenos Aires (CABA); 1 of Entre Ríos; 2 from Mendoza; 1 from Neuquén; and 29 women; 22 in the province of Buenos Aires; 5 in Capital Federal; 1 from Río Negro; and 1 from Mendoza.
In the evening part, 217 new deaths were added. There were 108 men, 82 from Buenos Aires; 14 of the City of Buenos Aires; 1 from Chaco; 4 from Jujuy; 2 from Mendoza; 2 from Río Negro; 1 from Salta; 2 from Santa Fe; and 109 women; 78 in the province of Buenos Aires; 22 of CABA; 8 from Jujuy; 1 from Salta.
Of the infections of the day, 4,303 belonged to the province of Buenos Aires and 1,094, to the City. Thus, 64% of the cases registered this Wednesday occurred in the PBA.
The percentage of total occupancy of intensive care beds for adults in the AMBA was updated to 68.1%. At the national level it is 57.8%.
As of Tuesday, 18,037 new samples had been taken and since the beginning of the outbreak, 1,012,979 diagnostic tests for this disease had been carried out, which is equivalent to 22,323.7 samples per million inhabitants. While the total number of registrations is 228,725 people.
According to the latest reports, the number of coronavirus cases does not stop growing, but it is increasingly slower.
By overcoming the barrier of 300 thousand registered infections on Tuesday, the doubling time was reduced by 5 days compared to the previous doubling. This shows that the speed of the curve slowed down. Although the same did not happen with the death curve.
The number of cases went from 150 thousand to 300 thousand in 25 days: from July 24 to August 18. The previous doubling, between 75 thousand and 150 thousand cases, had occurred between July 4 and 24, that is, in 20 days. In the case of deaths, the doubling was one day faster: to go from 3,000 to 6,000 it took 21 days, while between 1,500 and 3,000 had passed 22.
President Alberto Fernández had announced at the end of last week the extension of isolation in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires (AMBA) until August 30.
This new stage of the fight against the coronavirus included a return to phase 1 in several provinces in the interior of the country where there was a greater growth of cases, while in the City and the Suburbs the focus is on continuing to avoid social gatherings.