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Coronavirus in Argentina: 8,300 new cases and another 123 deaths confirmed in the last 24 hours

2021-03-24T20:22:27.898Z


It arises from the daily report published this Wednesday by the Ministry of Health on the advance of the pandemic in the country.


03/24/2021 17:08

  • Clarín.com

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Updated 03/24/2021 5:18 PM

The Government confirmed

8,300 new cases and another 123 deaths

from coronavirus in Argentina.

The figures were reported by the Ministry of Health, in the daily part published this Wednesday, based on data uploaded by the provinces in the last 24 hours.

In this way, there are already

2,269,877

confirmed cases in the country and the number of fatalities rose to 

54,946

.

More than a year after the start of the pandemic, Argentina remains among the

15 countries with the highest number of accumulated infections

.

The United States (with more than 30 million infected), Brazil (which on Monday exceeded 12 million) and India (11 million) are the most affected in absolute numbers.

The Province of Buenos Aires and the City were once again

the districts that reported the most new infections

: 3,902 and 904, respectively.

Córdoba (769), Santa Fe (570), Corrientes (344) Tucumán (268), Chaco (180), Mendoza (169), Misiones (138), Neuquén (132), Entre Ríos (127), Santa Cruz (117 ) and Chubut (101) are the province that reported more than a hundred positive swabs this Wednesday.

According to the official report, 165,896 people are suffering from the disease, of which 3,574 patients are in intensive care.

The occupancy of ICU beds, a thermometer of the health system, remains stable at around 55.7% at the national level and 59.2% in the AMBA.

After the escalation of cases, the Minister of Health, Carla Vizzotti, announced that if the positives continue to increase, they will seek to reduce "the circulation of people by time slots", although she

ruled out a new strict quarantine

.

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Coronavirus in Argentina

Tap to explore the data

Source:

Ministry of Health |

Johns Hopkins

Infographic:

Clarín

Sources from the health ministry clarified later that although the application of hourly limits is not ruled out - as happened in the summer after the rise in cases after the Holidays - the measure is not yet being evaluated.

"Yesterday (for Tuesday, when there were more than 9 thousand infections) it must be evaluated in the context. A single day is not a trend. It is necessary to take the weekly average but the provinces with the highest population density have had an increase important of the cases, "he said.

More vaccines and problems

While the delay in the production of vaccines impacts globally and in Argentina the doses are received with droppers, it is expected that in the coming days the promised vaccines from the COVAX fund will begin to arrive.

As anticipated by

Clarín

from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the first games will be available this weekend.

The first game would be 218,000 doses and would arrive this Sunday.

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Deaths from coronavirus


in Argentina

Tap to explore the data

Source:

Ministry of Health |

Johns Hopkins

Infographic:

Clarín

This Wednesday, in addition, Mexico announced that

in a month it will begin to distribute doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine

against the coronavirus to the Latin American countries that bought it, including Argentina.

This was confirmed by Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard, who assured that the first shipments will be made in the third week of April.

This vaccine is developed jointly with Argentina.

In our country the active substance is made and in Mexico the packaging process is carried out.

According to the national vaccination plan, released by the Ministry of Health of the Nation, Argentina bought more than 22 million doses of this vaccine.

In March, the first 1,191,000 were due to arrive and in April, another 4,635,500.

But due to delays in production, deliveries were postponed.

In the morning, meanwhile, the vaccination operation at the Monumental de Núñez stadium was altered due to the

lack of doses

.

Health workers approached the club to receive the second Sinopharm vaccine, but found that it was missing and reported that they were never notified.

The City recognized the "error" and assured that they expect another shipment from China.


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The weekend will begin the delivery of COVAX vaccines for Argentina

Source: clarin

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