The Ministry of Health of the Nation reported this Saturday that, In the last 24 hours, there were 54 deaths and 3,725 new coronavirus infections. With these data, the total accumulated cases since the beginning of the pandemic amounted to 5,171,458. Meanwhile, deaths are 111,324.
On the other hand, from yesterday to today, 86,972 tests were carried out, with a positivity of 4.28%. Since the beginning of the outbreak, 21,902,593 diagnostic tests for this disease have been carried out. To date, 205,805 active positive cases have been registered throughout the country and 4,854,329 recovered.
Of the total deaths reported today, 28 are men (1 resident of the province of Buenos Aires, 3 of the city of Buenos Aires, 2 of Corrientes, 8 of Córdoba, 5 of Mendoza, 1 of Río Negro, 4 of Salta and 2 of Santa Fe) and 24 are women (3 residents of the city of Buenos Aires, 2 from Corrientes, 6 from Córdoba, 1 from Entre Ríos, 9 from Mendoza, 2 from Salta and 1 from Santa Fe).
Meanwhile, two other deceased people, residents of the provinces of Corrientes and Santa Fe, were registered without sex data.
According to the epidemiological part, At the moment in Argentina there are 2,808 people with coronavirus hospitalized in intensive care. The percentage of bed occupancy at the national level is 45.2% and in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires (AMBA) of the 46.5%.
Of the 3,725 new infections, 906 are from the province of Buenos Aires, 328 from the city of Buenos Aires, 69 from Catamarca, 57 from Chaco, 117 from Chubut, 5 from Corrientes, 563 from Córdoba, 83 from Entre Ríos, 93 from Formosa, 83 from Jujuy, 74 from La Pampa, 64 from La Rioja, 143 from Mendoza, 128 from Misiones, 65 from Neuquén, 114 from Río Negro, 117 from Salta, 96 from San Juan, 81 from San Luis, 17 from Santa Cruz, 239 from Santa Fe, 122 from Santiago del Estero, 21 from Tierra del Fuego and 140 from Tucumán.
While the statistics in relation to COVID-19 continue with a downward trend for 13 weeks, health authorities are closely monitoring the evolution of cases of the Delta variant. As he knew Infobae, in the wallet that leads Carla vizzotti They believe that this strain will begin to circulate massively in the community at the end of September., which will start the third wave.
The reference account used in the Ministry is the one that graphs what happened in USA with the circulation of the Delta. In that country, community circulation increased by 10% in the first month. The following month it grew from 10% to 60%. This exponential growth is what they expect for the last days of September and the first of October.
At the moment there is circulation but it is limited and sectorized. It can still be controlled. That containment is cracking as the days go by. According to the latest genomic study carried out by Health, until August 23 they had been identified 235 cases of Delta variant in the provinces of Córdoba, Santa Fe, Mendoza, Rio Negro, Salta, Tucumán and in the city and province of Buenos Aires.
Of these, “211 correspond to imported or import-related cases (163 to international travelers and 48 to people related to said travelers – close contacts or contacts of their contacts); 11 cases in which the relationship with the import could not be established and 13 correspond to a conglomerate of interrelated cases in which their origin is under investigation ”.
Anticipating this scenario, the Government set itself the primary objective of completing vaccination schedules. Today 60% of people older than 50 years were exceeded with two doses. The same happens with 33.3% of those over 18 years of age.
Yesterday, the Ministry of Health received 307,500 new doses of component 2 of the Sputnik V vaccine from RichmondAfter that batch passed the quality control of the Gamaleya Scientific Institute in Russia and the local regulator ANMAT. With the delivery of this item, there are already 1,882,125 sera delivered by the laboratory of Argentine origin, of which 1,179,625 are from component 1, and 702,500 from component 2.
In addition to increasing the number of complete vaccination schedules, in the next two months the authorities hope to make rapid progress in vaccinating adolescents between 12 and 17 years of age with the Pfizer vaccines they purchased, which are one of the few that are available. approved for that age group, and refine the search for people who have not yet been vaccinated.
According to the Public Vaccination Monitor, 46,821,494 vaccines had been distributed as of this morning, of which 41,408,689 had been applied. There are 27,703,975 people who received at least one dose while another 13,704,714 have already completed the scheme.
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