05/18/2021 19:06
Clarín.com
Politics
Updated 05/18/2021 7:21 PM
President Alberto Fernández asked Argentines on Tuesday "not to lower their arms" because
the country is going through a "very difficult time" as
a result of the coronavirus pandemic, and recalled that "he was not lying" to society when he told him that " there was no other way to preserve oneself that was not staying as far away from each other and at the greatest distance ".
After recalling his exhortation to "avoid transportation and social circulation", Fernández stressed:
"Time is giving me reason."
"In the midst of a pandemic, which hits us and devastates us, today we have had sad news due to the number of infections, and this should lead us to reflection," he emphasized.
And he added: "We have to understand that there are many siren songs that speak of the need to be free and that need to which they invoke leads us to
contagion and death
."
The Government confirmed this Tuesday
35,543 new cases and 745 deaths
of coronavirus in Argentina, which is a
record
in both figures since the pandemic began.
The numbers are shocking.
The previous highest number of cases nationwide had been on Friday, April 16, with 29,472, while the previous record in reported deaths was 663, on Wednesday, May 5.
At the national level, this Tuesday the 3.3 million infected and
71 thousand deaths
were exceeded
, since the start of the pandemic.
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Coronavirus in Argentina: 35,543 new cases and another 745 deaths confirmed, both record figures since the start of the pandemic