Coronavirus deaths rose again in Argentina: there were 648 deaths and 25,878 new infections were confirmed

06/16/2021 4:58 PM

• Clarín.com

• Society

Updated 06/16/2021 17:04

In the midst of the development of the second wave of the pandemic, the Government confirmed this Wednesday

25,878 new cases

and another

648 deaths

from coronavirus in Argentina.

The data were published by the Ministry of Health this afternoon, based on the information provided by the provinces in the last 24 hours.

The figures accumulated since the beginning of the health crisis place Argentina as the

ninth country

with the

largest number of detected infected with

4,198,620

positive

.

Above are the United States, India, Brazil, France, Turkey, Russia, the United Kingdom and Italy.

Tests continue to detect new cases of coronavirus in the City.

At the national level, more than 15 million swabs have already been made.

Photo: EFE

Meanwhile, with

87,261 deaths

, it ranks

12th

among the nations with the highest number of fatalities.

The second wave

With these data, the current X-ray of the pandemic shows Argentina as the

fourth country

with the highest number of

new infections

in the world, behind India, Brazil and Colombia.

In the week prior to today's report -between Wednesday 9 and Tuesday 15-, the average per day was

23,424

, an average that has been falling after the latest restrictions.

On May 23, it had peaked at 33,171.

Since then, it has fallen by

almost 30%

.

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When looking at the incidence with respect to the population, the country fell to

seventh place

- it was in fifth place for more than 10 days - with

518 infected daily per million inhabitants

.

Ahead are two countries in the region Uruguay (2nd) and Colombia (6th), in addition to Seychelles, Mongolia, Bahrain and the Maldives.

The death data are worrying since last week they have been at the highest levels of the pandemic.

In the week prior to today's report - between Wednesday 9 and Tuesday 15 - 3,956 were reported;

that is,

565 per day

.

The daily average of Argentine deaths is now the

fourth highest

globally, after being surpassed by Colombia, which now ranks fourth.

India and Brazil remain in the first two places.

Vaccines

After the last batch of AstraZeneca received on Monday, Argentina has a total of

20,677,145

vaccines received since the start of the immunization plan, in the last days of 2020. Of that total, 19,650,790 were distributed to the provinces and

remain to apply 2,774,171

.

Almost 30% of the population received at least one dose of the covid-19 vaccine.

Photo Reuter

Health Minister Carla Vizzotti announced on Tuesday that a new shipment of Sputnik V from Russia will arrive in the next few days, although the quantity or of which component has not yet been defined.

As of this morning

13,389,726 people

received at least one vaccine against covid-19 throughout the country.

This represents

29.5%

of the population, out of a total of 45,376,763 inhabitants estimated by INDEC in 2020.

According to the data published in the Public Vaccination Monitor,

3,486,893

of those vaccinated also received the second dose with which the immunization

schedule

is completed.

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