Coronavirus in Argentina: 4,032 new cases and 28 other deaths confirmed in the last 24 hours

03/21/2021 5:11 PM

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Updated 03/21/2021 5:25 PM

This Sunday

4,032 new cases and another 28 deaths

from coronavirus

were confirmed

in Argentina.

In this way, the number of infections reported since the beginning of the pandemic amounted to 2,245,771 and that of fatalities, to 54,545.

The data comes from the last part published by the Ministry of Health, based on the data uploaded by the provinces in the last 24 hours.

As usual, the cut was made around 3 p.m.

The Province of Buenos Aires (1,657) and the City (623) once again reported

the highest daily figures

.

Córdoba (405), Santa Fe (243), Entre Ríos (127), Misiones (121), Chaco (120) and Tucumán (106) also exceeded the hundred infected reported this Sunday.

According to the official report, 161,073 patients are suffering from the disease, of which 3,534 are admitted to intensive care.

The ICU bed occupancy level is 54.9% nationwide and 59.9% in the AMBA.

After having exceeded 2.2 million confirmed infections, Argentina remains among the 15 countries with the highest number of accumulated cases since the start of the pandemic.

The United States (more than 30 million infected), Brazil and India (both with more than 11 million) are the most affected by the health crisis.

This Sunday another Aerolineas Argentinas flight departed for Russia to search for a new batch of Sputnik V vaccines.

The new flight, under number AR1062, would arrive at Sheremetyevo International Airport at 1 am (local time).

"It will remain until 6:00 am, carrying out the work of loading the vaccines and will land at the Ezeiza International Airport

at 6:35 pm on Monday

, after 18 hours of non-stop flight," they reported from the Government.

As with the last flight, which arrived on Friday with 330,000 doses, it has

not

yet been

announced how many vaccines it will bring

.

This Sunday, meanwhile, it was learned that the City of Buenos Aires is evaluating introducing changes in the protocols to add more hours and students in schools.

"We would like to continue working on the path of eliminating distancing so that all boys enter the classrooms. Many studies have shown that with the use of the chinstrap, ventilation and hygiene, distancing is not so necessary," said the official in dialogue with TN.

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