04/05/2021 17:11
Clarín.com
Society
Updated 04/05/2021 17:19
While the Government and the provinces evaluate new restriction measures to contain the impact of the second wave of the pandemic, this Monday
272 deaths
from coronavirus
were confirmed
in Argentina, the
highest
figure
in two months
.
In addition, there were
13,667 new cases
, so the country exceeded 2.4 million infections.
Two other relevant data: for the second consecutive day
the City broke its record of infections (2,428)
and the positivity rate - which measures how many tested are infected - remains very high, almost
30%
.
It is triple what is recommended by the WHO.
The data comes from the daily report published by the Ministry of Health this afternoon, based on the information provided by the provinces in the last 24 hours.
The death toll is the highest reported in a daily report since February 5, when there were 285 fatalities.
With more than 2.4 million infections and 56 thousand deaths, Argentina remains among the
15 countries with the highest number of infected and accumulated deaths
since the beginning of the global health crisis.
In both variables, it ranks
13th
according to the data collected by the Worldometers site.
Since Sunday, the tests for tourists and residents who return from a trip after Easter have been extended.
Photo: Germán García Adrasti
After the Easter exodus, the Government warns that this week will be "an evaluation and exchange of information" with the 24 governors and anticipates an announcement that would be made
on Friday
.
To advance in a consensual plan, this Monday a meeting was scheduled between the head of the National Cabinet, Santiago Cafiero, and his Buenos Aires counterparts, Felipe Miguel, and Carlos Bianco from Buenos Aires.
It is that the AMBA area was once again
the hottest
of the pandemic, as it happened at the beginning of the first wave.
In recent days, both districts registered records of infections.
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Deaths from coronavirus
in Argentina
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Ministry of Health |
Johns Hopkins
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Clarín
In the Province, the containment plan for the second wave points to
greater control in public transport
and also in recreational and night-time activities.
This was advanced by the head of advisers from the Buenos Aires Ministry of Health, Enio García.
As
Clarín
anticipated
, the draft that the Buenos Aires government manages points to a
seven-week plan
.
"Four tough weeks, not phase 3, but something stronger and more severe," they said.
The alarms also went off in the private health sector.
Claudio Belocopitt, president of the Argentine Health Union and head of Swiss Medical, said this Monday in a radio interview that "with the curve like this, the private system does not last more than four or five days."
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The businessman explained that the occupancy of beds has already reached 90%, an unprecedented number for a long weekend.
As he pointed out,
"it never exceeded 50%" at Easter
.
According to data from the Public Vaccination Monitor, 4.2 million vaccines were applied throughout the country until Monday.
The majority (3.5 million) reached people who received a single injection, following the recommendation of the Ministry of Health to extend the initiation of the immunization scheme to a larger population and defer the second dose.
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