08/09/2020 - 19:57
Clarín.com
Society
While the Government reiterated the request to avoid social gatherings to avoid contagion, the Ministry of Health of the Nation reported
278 new deaths and another 12,027 positive cases
of coronavirus in the country on
Tuesday
.
It is a
new record
of infections for a day, surpassing only by one the 12,026 of last Thursday.
In addition, the barrier of 10,000 positives is once again exceeded after three days below that figure.
The province of Buenos Aires once again reported the highest number of cases of the day, confirming 6,909.
Thus, it reached 303,988 positives.
Meanwhile, the City of Buenos Aires reported 1,300 infected and reached 105,309.
In its morning part, the health portfolio had confirmed the death of 50 people (31 men and 19 women), of which 29 resided in the Province, eleven in Mendoza, five in the City of Buenos Aires, two in Chaco and one in Entre Ríos , Santa Fe and Neuquén.
The fatality rate for confirmed cases is 2.1 and the specific mortality rate is 223 people per million inhabitants, with a mean age of 72.2 years.
According to official information, 20,475 tests were carried out on Monday and 1,432,624 diagnostic tests were carried out for this disease since the beginning of the outbreak, which is equivalent to 31,571.8 samples per million inhabitants.
On yesterday's tests, the
positivity index
stood at 49.2% at the national level, 36.2% in the City of Buenos Aires and 46.7% in the Province.
The curve of cases escalates without pause in Argentina and health personnel are today the most valuable resource to face the pandemic.
Photo EFE / Juan Ignacio Roncoroni
At the head of the report on the epidemiological situation, the Secretary of Access to Health,
Carla Vizzotti
, again warned about the increase in infections in the interior of the country, and focused on Córdoba, Santa Fe, Jujuy and Mendoza.
Referring to the situation of the health system, the official warned that Río Negro has an occupancy rate of the so-called critical beds of 81% "with significant tension in the department of General Roca."
The same percentage and level of tension have Jujuy, "with a focus on several departments and mainly in the capital" and Tucumán, while Salta and Mendoza have 75%.
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