04/12/2021 17:05
Clarín.com
Society
Updated 04/12/2021 5:26 PM
After a week with four consecutive records of infections, this Monday the Government again reported a worrying figure:
19,437 new cases
of coronavirus in Argentina.
Another 179 deaths from covid-19 were confirmed in the last 24 hours.
As on Sunday, the City of Buenos Aires broke its historical record of infections.
But this Monday, for the first time, it surpassed the barrier of 3,000 cases a day:
3,358
.
The Province of Buenos Aires was once again the one that reported the most positive:
9,535
.
In this way, 66% of the infections are being registered between both districts, driven by the outbreak in the AMBA.
In the last 24 hours, the health ministries of all the provinces uploaded
64,947 tests
to the national system.
The positivity rate - which measures how many people swabbed had the virus - was once again very high:
almost 30%
.
It is triple the 10% recommended by the WHO.
He waits to receive the Sputnik V vaccine, at the Polimeni stadium, in Las Heras, in Mendoza, where there were delays.
Photo: Orlando Pelichotti / Los Andes
The new report is known after the country went through the week with the highest number of new infections, after the exodus for Easter.
Between Monday 5 and Sunday 11,
139,080
infections
had been detected
, an average of
almost 20 thousand
per day.
A fact: until last week, no daily part had exceeded 18,500.
Argentina accumulates more than 2.5 million positive cases and 57 thousand deaths since the beginning of the health crisis and remains among
the 15 most affected countries
in both variables.
This afternoon, the Minister of Health, Carla Vizzotti, and the health authorities of the province of Buenos Aires and the City of Buenos Aires held a virtual meeting.
Although the meeting did not lead to specific announcements, from the Casa Rosada they admit
"concern"
about the level of occupied beds in the metropolitan area.
The Government is evaluating providing that both in the public system and in the private sphere
"only emergencies" be attended again
and surgeries are rescheduled, to free beds, while broadening the discussion regarding possible new restriction measures.
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For now, the closures would not point to Education, although it is evaluated to reduce the presence in the classrooms.
It was confirmed by the national minister Nicolás Trotta.
In statements to the Télam agency, he clarified that "it is proposed to reduce circulation in general terms, which may impact the school."
But he clarified that in this scenario, before "other restrictions must be included, linked to socialization."
He also argued that "well-cared places must be strengthened outside of school, it is not that (the boys) can take up all extracurricular activities".
Until this Monday, according to official data,
almost 5.4 million vaccines
were applied in the country
;
more than 85% to people who received only one dose.
This is due to the recommendation of the Ministry of Health to extend the start of immunization to a larger population and to defer the second injection that completes the scheme.
The box that contains doses of the Sputnik V vaccine, the one that is being applied the most in Argentina Photo: Orlando Pelichotti / Los Andes
According to the Public Vaccination Monitor, since the beginning of the national plan, 7,085,796 vaccines have been distributed to all jurisdictions.
1,695,796 remain to
be applied
.
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