08/20/2021 17:00
Clarín.com
Society
Updated 08/20/2021 5:25 PM
The Ministry of Health of the Nation reported this Friday
another 229 deaths and 8,160 new cases
of coronavirus.
In this way, the country has already accumulated 110,070 deaths and 5,124,963 infections since the beginning of the pandemic.
Argentina is in
12th place
in the
world ranking of deaths
, only surpassed by France (113 thousand), Colombia (123 thousand), Indonesia (123 thousand), Italy (128 thousand), United Kingdom (131 thousand), Russia (174 thousand), Peru (197 thousand), Mexico (251 thousand), India (433 thousand), Brazil (572 thousand) and the United States (643 thousand).
Of the last deceased, 98 resided in the province of Buenos Aires, 16 in Córdoba;
14 in the City of Buenos Aires, Mendoza and Tucumán;
13 in Salta;
10 in Santa Fe and Corrientes;
seven in Chaco and San Luis;
four in Chubut and Santiago del Estero;
three in Formosa, La Pampa and Río Negro;
two in Entre Ríos, Misiones, Neuquén and San Juan;
and one in Tierra del Fuego.
The province of Buenos Aires was the district with the highest cases of the day, with 2,014, followed by Córdoba (1,465), Tucumán (660), Santa Fe (525) and Federal Capital (477).
Argentina exceeded 110 thousand dead days after the "march of the stones", in tribute to the victims of the coronavirus.
Then they were located Mendoza (278), Salta (272), Catamarca (256), Chaco (206), Río Negro (202), Misiones (185), San Juan (182), Santiago del Estero (181), Entre Ríos ( 179), La Pampa (170), Chubut (165), Formosa (161), Neuquén (139), La Rioja (143), San Luis (127) and Jujuy (106).
Tierra del Fuego (29), Santa Cruz (21) and Corrientes (7) completed the daily report.
In the last 24 hours, 97,742 tests were carried out, with a
positivity of 8.3%.
Of the 218,845 people who are suffering from the disease, 3,377 remain hospitalized in Intensive Care Units (ICU).
The occupancy level of beds in this sector is 48.1% in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires (AMBA) and 48.8% in the rest of the country.
Fear of the Delta variant
Given the arrival of the
Delta variant
, whose first cases without connection with travelers from abroad were notified at the end of July, the health authorities made it a priority to complete the vaccination schedules in August, particularly in the populations at greatest risk.
The Chief of Staff, Santiago Cafiero, assured this Friday that "what President Alberto Fernández had proposed is being fulfilled: that the month of
August be the month of the second doses
.
"
"We have applied 4.5 million second doses this month. We want to complete the 7 million second dose applications during August. That continues to be the challenge," he said.
The Government assures that August will be "the month of the second doses."
Photo Maxi Failla
Cafiero reiterated that they expect the arrival of more batches of vaccines from Sinopharm, AstraZeneca and Sputnik V.
"We are reaching 60% of the population with at least one dose and we are exceeding 25% of the population with complete vaccination schedules," said the Chief of Staff.
Cafiero affirmed that, if the vaccination objectives for August are met, the Government will analyze the possibility of new openings for September with "regard to shows and the possibility of foreign tourism."
For her part, Alexia Navarro, the Undersecretary for Comprehensive Care of the Buenos Aires Ministry of Health, specified that when referring to the Delta variant of the coronavirus that in the province of Buenos Aires, so far,
42 cases of the Delta variant have been detected
, of which "40 are associated with travelers and 2 with fellow travelers".
"The work that is being done together allows us to avoid the community circulation of the Delta variant, which we do not know when it will happen. That is why we always remember that we must continue with all the care and not relax," said the Buenos Aires official in statements to the Mar del Plata radio LU6.
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