03/17/2021 17:09
Clarín.com
Society
Updated 03/17/2021 5:41 PM
As concern grows about the arrival of the second wave of coronavirus in the fall, this Wednesday
the highest number of new infections in more than a month was registered
.
According to official data, in the last 24 hours
8,304 new cases
were reported
throughout the country.
At the same time,
another 195 deaths
from the pandemic were announced in Argentina.
The data comes from the daily part published this Wednesday by the Ministry of Health, based on data uploaded by the provinces in the last 24 hours.
The 8,304 infections reported represent
the highest number
since February 4, when 8,374 infected were reported.
More than half of the cases correspond to residents of the
Province of Buenos Aires (3,596) and the City (929)
.
Córdoba (781), Santa Fe (596), Tucumán (286), Corrientes (264) and Entre Ríos (203) are the provinces that reported the most new infections.
With the 195 deaths known today, Argentina reached
54,231
fatalities from the pandemic.
Among health authorities,
concern is growing about the arrival of a second wave
of the pandemic in the country.
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Coronavirus in Argentina
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Source:
Ministry of Health |
Johns Hopkins
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Clarín
"We have ahead of us a scenario of a second wave, which as of today is very close. We cannot anticipate when it will be,
but we know that it is close
. And we are already seeing a slight but gradual increase in cases," said Wednesday the Buenos Aires Minister of Health, Fernán Quirós.
Argentina has been among the 15 countries with the highest number of accumulated cases for weeks since the beginning of the global health crisis.
This week, after having exceeded 2.2 million infections, it ranks 12th, according to the ranking produced by the Worldometer site.
In any case, if the incidence rate is taken, calculated according to the relationship between cases and population, the country registers an accumulated 48,500 infected per million inhabitants and is in 48th place globally.
Another data that the health authorities closely monitor is the positivity rate - that is, the percentage of tests that are positive - whose trend was downward, but in March it was reversed.
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Deaths from coronavirus
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Ministry of Health |
Johns Hopkins
Infographic:
Clarín
The
vaccine shortage
remains the biggest obstacle to progress in the fight against the pandemic.
To such an extent that this Wednesday the Government of the province of Buenos Aires was studying a scheme that plans to
apply the first dose to as many of the population as possible
and postpone the second for when the world drug market "stabilizes."
In the afternoon, meanwhile, the departure of a new Aerolineas Argentinas flight was announced that will bring
another shipment of Sputnik V
from Russia.
Flight AR1060 will depart this Thursday at 1.05 am, according to the confirmation of Pablo Ceriani, president of Aerolineas Argentinas.
It will cover the route directly and will stay four hours in Moscow, to carry out the load.
The return to the country, and under number AR1061, will be
next Friday at 15
.
How
many doses it will bring has not yet been announced
.
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