Pablo de Leon
07/02/2020 - 14:33
- Clarín.com
- Politics
The number of deaths in 24 hours from coronavirus in Argentina already equals the one-month record.
The number of 44 deaths on Wednesday July 1 by Covid-19 was the second highest after the 48 deaths recorded on June 29.
For this reason, within the framework of the growth of the so-called pandemic curve that has been registered in our country, this data can be observed: from the first case of coronavirus -announced on March 3- exactly one month passed to exceed the figure of 40 deceased , registered on April 3 with 42 dead.
This data alarmed the national authorities who sent the message about the current critical moment that the virus is going through in Argentina to the authorities of the districts most complicated by the pandemic: the AMBA (City and province of Buenos Aires), Chaco and Río Negro. .
In the AMBA area, on the first day of this month of July, in just 24 hours the same number of deaths occurred as within one month when Covid-19 broke into the country.
Detect Plan. Lucia Merle Photo
In addition, since June 22, the day that 2,146 new cases were announced, the number of positives was always above 2,000 cases a day, also marking the growth of the curve and always with the City of Buenos Aires and the Greater Buenos Aires as the areas where the highest percentage is recorded.
The numbers of this Wednesday, June 1 showed that the province of Buenos Aires registered the highest number of the day in infections, with 1,671 cases. Followed by the City of Buenos Aires with 841 and Chaco, with 60.
Then there were Río Negro with 13 and Neuquén with 12.
First thing on Thursday, July 2, the total number of confirmed cases in Argentina is 67,197 (49.4% women and 50.6% men). With a total of discharges it is 24,186 people. And the total number of people killed by COVID-19 is 1,363.
This Wednesday 9,200 new samples were made and since the outbreak began, according to the administration of Alberto Fernández, 372,108 diagnostic tests were carried out for this disease, which is equivalent to 8,200 samples per million inhabitants.
According to the Ministry of Health, which guides Ginés González García, the main age groups affected by the infection correspond to people between 20 and 59 years old, with the average age being 36 years.
