Coronavirus in Argentina: 11,183 cases and 274 deaths confirmed in the last 24 hours

08/02/2021 17:11

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Updated 08/02/2021 17:17

The Ministry of Health of the Nation reported this Monday that another

274 deaths and 11,183 new cases

of coronavirus were registered in Argentina in the last 24 hours, while the return to face-to-face classes begins and amid concern about the Delta variant.

With these records, the total number of covid infections since the beginning of the pandemic reaches 4,947,030, of which 246,112 are active patients.

In addition, the deceased

are already 106,045

.

There are 3,819 seriously ill.

The occupation of

intensive care

beds

for all pathologies reaches

53.7% throughout the country

, while it reaches 52.2% in the AMBA.

The

positivity index

, which measures the relationship between daily infections and tests, was 16.3%, still above the 10% recommended by the WHO.

The detail, province by province

The Province of Buenos Aires (3,087 new infections and 1,979,034 accumulated) and Córdoba (1,276 - 470,456) were the two provinces with the most cases registered this Monday.

Another three districts exceeded 500 infected daily.

These are Tucumán (976 - 181,889), Santa Fe (923 - 448,747) and the City of Buenos Aires (682 - 492,737).

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