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Coronavirus in Argentina: 2,510 new cases and 153 other deaths confirmed in the last 24 hours

2021-09-15T20:14:37.184Z


It was reported by the Ministry of Health in the health part of this Wednesday. The second batch of Pfizer vaccines arrived.


09/15/2021 4:58 PM

  • Clarín.com

  • Society

Updated 09/15/2021 5:11 PM

In the last 24 hours,

2,510 new cases

and another

153 deaths

from coronavirus

were confirmed

in Argentina, according to the Government reported this Wednesday.

In this way, the country reached

5,232,358 infections

and

113,969 deaths

since the start of the pandemic.

These figures come from the health report published this afternoon by the Ministry of Health, based on information provided by the provinces.

There are currently 

35,329 patients suffering

from covid-19, of which 

1,785 are admitted to intensive care

.

The occupation of critical beds -for all pathologies- is 

41.1%

at the national level and slightly higher in the AMBA (

43.4%

).

The country has been going through the lowest point of the contagion curve since the first wave, registered in the middle of last year.

According to data from the 7 days prior to today's part - from September 8 to 14 -, the average fell to

2,534 infected per day

.

In recent weeks, positive cases of coronavirus have fallen in Argentina.

Photo: Orlando Pelichotti / Los Andes

This represents an abrupt monthly drop of

74%

;

and

92%

compared to the peak in May, when it reached 33,171.

Despite this slowdown, Argentina ranks

9th

among the countries with the highest number of positive cases detected throughout the pandemic.

Meanwhile, it ranks

13th

among those with the most fatalities registered, according to the Worldometers site.

The daily average of deaths is

138

-also with the data of the last week-.

It remains well below the record of 603 recorded on June 11.

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Source:

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Chart:

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Infographic:

Clarín


The cases of the day


For the seventh consecutive day, the Ministry of Health

did not report how many tests were carried out on the day

.

It is due to a systems problem, which originated on Thursday of last week, which still could not be solved, according to official sources.

The absence of this data also makes it impossible to calculate the positivity rate for the day: that is, how many people swabbed had the virus.

No province exceeded a thousand infections in the last day.

The detail at the national level is as follows:

  • Buenos Aires 749


  • CABA 193


  • Catamarca 113


  • Chaco 40


  • Chubut 86


  • Currents 101


  • Cordoba 296


  • Between Rivers 132


  • Formosa 40


  • Jujuy 30


  • La Pampa 79


  • La Rioja 11


  • Mendoza 84


  • Missions 43


  • Neuquen 45


  • Rio Negro 70


  • Jump 32


  • Saint John 12


  • St. Louis 36


  • Santa Cruz -12


  • Santa Fe 131


  • Santiago del Estero 58


  • Tierra del Fuego 5


  • Tucuman 136

Vaccines


This Wednesday the

second shipment

of vaccines from the Pfizer laboratory

arrived in the country

.

American Airlines flight AA991 brought a total of 160,290 doses.

This batch is added to the 100,620 injections received at the beginning of the month and which have already been distributed to the provinces.

"Meanwhile, the flights that transport these sera, coming from the United States, will continue to arrive until reaching the 580,000 expected for this month. In addition, in October, November and December the shipments of the remaining almost 19.5 million will be completed, which include the contract signed in August, "the government detailed in a statement.

Over the

weekend Argentina

exceeded 60 million serums received

.

According to data released to the Public Vaccination Monitor, up to this morning 52,531,094 doses had been distributed to the provinces, of which

almost 5 million remain to be applied

.

Argentina exceeded 60 million doses of vaccines against COVID-19 since the start of the vaccination campaign.

The

62.94%

of the population has the least vaccine covid-19 (28,832,985 are dose).

According to official sources, this represents more than 86% of those over 18 years of age.

This group includes 18,764,095 people who completed their scheme (

40.96%

of the total and more than 56% of those over 18).

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