05/23/2021 17:05
Clarín.com
Society
Updated 05/23/2021 5:45 PM
At the end of a record week, which leaves Argentina as the third country with the highest level of daily infections, the Government confirmed this Sunday
24,801 new cases
of coronavirus.
In addition, another
375 deaths
were reported
and the number of seriously ill patients admitted to
intensive care increased again
.
All this was reported by the Ministry of Health in its usual daily report, prepared on the basis of data provided by the provinces in the last 24 hours.
The number of infected is the
highest for a Sunday
- the day that the lowest numbers of the week are usually reported - in the entire pandemic.
It is
51%
more than the 16,350 reported on Sunday 16 and
doubles
the 11,582 on Sunday 9.
In addition, two out of every three cases were detected outside the AMBA, which shows the expansion of the second wave towards the provinces.
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Another worrying fact is that
6,214 patients
with covid-19 developed serious symptoms and are admitted to intensive care.
It is a new record, in a record that has been
growing steadily
since May 7.
On the other hand, the occupation of critical beds due to all pathologies had a slight drop and fell from 74.1% to
73.5%
at the national level;
and from 77.1% to
76.6%
in the AMBA.
Since the beginning of the health crisis, in March of last year,
3,539,484 positives
have been detected
and
74,063 deaths
from covid-19
have been confirmed
.
There are currently
358,472
people
suffering from
the disease throughout the country.
The number of critically ill patients in intensive care throughout the country grew again Photo: Ignacio Blanco / Los Andes
The cases of the day
This Sunday,
82,107 tests
were uploaded to the national system
, with a positivity rate of
30%
, thus tripling the average recommended by the WHO.
Against the trend that had been registered, only
34%
of the infections occurred between the province of Buenos Aires (6,885) and the City (1,790).
One of the most striking records is that of
Corrientes
, which reported
3,691 new positives
.
Among the provinces that reported the most cases, followed by Córdoba (3,225), Santa Fe (1,887), Formosa (872), Neuquén (794), Entre Ríos (776), San Luis (682) and La Pampa (503).
Regarding the deceased, Buenos Aires (195), the City (38), Mendoza (33), Neuquén (26), Santa Fe (18), Santiago del Estero (14) and Tucumán (12) had the highest records .
More cases
The rate of infections accelerated - first in the AMBA and then in the Interior - due to the impact of the
second wave
of the pandemic and the incidence of
new variants of the virus
, mainly that of Manaus, the United Kingdom and the Andean.
This week the 30,000 daily infections were exceeded for the first time and on Wednesday a new record of
39,652 positives was registered
.
The day before, the peak of deaths for one day had been reached:
745
(the majority, 488, in Buenos Aires).
The photo of this last week shows that Argentina is the third country with the highest number of new positives worldwide.
In the last 7 days - between Sunday 16 and Saturday 22 - the reports of the Ministry of Health reported
223,748 new positives
.
The average per day is
31,964
.
This figure is only surpassed by India (263,722) and Brazil (65,843).
In fourth place was the United States (25,843), which until the end of last week registered more cases than Argentina.
Control in public transport due to the new restrictions imposed as of this weekend to receive coronavirus infections.
Photo: Maxi Failla
If the incidence is taken in relation to the population, our country is
fifth
globally, with
707 daily infected per million inhabitants
.
With a detail: the four that exceed it (Maldives, Bahrain, Uruguay and Seychelles) have less than 4 million inhabitants, so their rates soared more before the new outbreak.
The data of new deaths are also worrying if you look at the photo of the last week.
Argentina has been the
fifth country
with the most fatal cases per day for days with an average of
490
.
In this case, in addition to India, Brazil and the United States, it is narrowly surpassed by Colombia (492).
Restrictions and vaccinations
Due to the increase in infected and deceased, a new, more restrictive DNU has been in force since this weekend, which imposed a 9-day confinement in high-risk areas.
The objective of this measure is to reduce circulation to contain the advance of the virus, while trying to promote the vaccination plan.
This Sunday, the Minister of Health, Carla Vizzotti, and the presidential adviser Cecilia Nicolini, traveled to Mexico to closely follow the process of
releasing the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines
, produced jointly with Argentina.
This Monday a new batch of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus will arrive.
The arrival of the first
843,000 doses of AstraZeneca
from the United States
is scheduled for this Monday
, which are part of the first delivery of the contract signed by Argentina for
22.4 million doses
.
As announced by the Government, during the month of May a total of 4 million will be delivered.
After their visit to Mexico, the national health minister and the presidential advisor will visit Cuba to learn details of the progress of the Abdala and Soberana 2 vaccines, in view of the possible collaboration in the vaccine production chain between the two countries.
Meanwhile, this Sunday morning a KLM flight arrived with 204,000 doses of AstraZeneca purchased by the Argentine Government through the Covax mechanism, coordinated by the World Health Organization.
This Monday, in addition, an Aerolineas Argentinas flight will arrive with a new shipment of Sputnik V from Russia.
According to reports, there will be
600,000 doses
and in the next few hours another plane will leave for Moscow to complete the million that President Alberto Fernández had announced on Thursday.
According to the Public Monitor vaccination until Sunday morning were distributed to the provinces doses and applied 12,612,752
11,067,550
.
A total of 2,365,579 people received the two injections that complete the immunization schedule.
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