At the close of the last weekend of this month of January, the epidemiological part was once again monopolized by declines. In the last 24 hours, after carrying out 46,067 tests, The Ministry of Health of the Nation registered 21,570 new infections by coronavirus.
Despite the drop in the number of positives, again, all jurisdictions reported the presence of the illness. On this occasion, those that reported the highest incidence of coronavirus They were: Province of Buenos Aires (8,495), City of Buenos Aires (4,078), Santa Fe (1,307) and Córdoba (1,235).
With most under 1,000 cases of coronavirusthe provinces that followed were Formosa (935), Chaco (466), Corrientes (452), Tucumán (429), Misiones (419), Neuquén (407), Entre Ríos (403), Catamarca (326), La Rioja ( 316), Río Negro (313), Mendoza (306) and La Pampa (303).
In turn, they completed: Jujuy (288), Chubut (262), San Luis (260), Santa Cruz (149), Tierra del Fuego (123), Salta (111), Santiago del Estero (96) and San Juan ( 91). “The main axis is to find the serious cases so that they can evolve and not so much to count the daily cases”indicated Nicolás Kreplak, Buenos Aires Minister of Health.
Source: (Public Television)
While, 152 new deaths were reported from the virus: 72 in PBA, 16 in CABA, 8 in Chaco, Corrientes, Córdoba and San Luis, 6 in Mendoza and San Juan, 5 in Misiones and Neuquén, 2 in Entre Ríos, Jujuy, Río Negro and Santiago del Estero and 1 in Salta and Tierra del Fuego.
By last, In terms of hospitalization, it was indicated that there are 2,912 people hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). In line with the declines, the occupancy level fell to 49.6% at the national level and to 47.8% in the AMBA (Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area).
Strategic Vaccination Plan
“Argentina has already reached 91.3% of the population over 3 years of age with an initiated vaccination schedule and 79.4% with a complete schedule,” assured Carla Vizzotti, Minister of Health of the Nation. To date, 96,419,893 doses have already been distributed and 87,100,188 have been applied.
Of the total number of vaccinated men and women in the country, 39,607,822 correspond to people with an immunization scheme started and 34,943,523 to those who have already completed it. Likewise, there are 3,035,403 Argentines who received an additional dose and another 9,513,440 who added a booster.
Source: (Public Television)
“We are working to offer vaccination in schools in the next month so that children can get vaccinated,” Nicolás Kreplak anticipated regarding pediatric vaccination, one of the key points for the coming months due to the start of the school year.
According to official figures, 77.4% of the population between the ages of 3 and 17 have at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine. In boys and girls up to 11 years old, 46% have already completed their immunization schedule. Likewise, in young people between 12 and 17, 67.1%.