Argentina reported today, Saturday March 26, a total of 1,445 new infections and 58 deaths associated with the coronavirusone of the lowest daily infection rates of the entire week, according to data from the National Ministry of Health.
In its latest epidemiological report, the health agency confirmed that the mortality rate from coronavirus in the country it rose to 127,904 deaths, while the cumulative rate of infections closed with 9,025,257 cases since the arrival of the virustwo years ago.
These figures place Argentina in the 12th position in the world ranking as one of the countries most affected by the coronavirus, one step lower than last week. Now, South Korea now ranks 11th on the global scale, reported Our World in Data.
However, in the last 24 hours, three jurisdictions did not register contagions of coronavirus: Jujuy, Tierra del Fuego and Santiago del Estero; while the Province of Buenos Aires had the highest incidence of cases, with 584 infections. Next on the list:
- CABA (255)
- Missions (254)
- Cordoba (133)
- Between Rivers (49)
- Santa Fe (34)
- Formosan (22)
- Mendoza (19)
- Black River (19)
- Neuquen (17)
- Saint Louis (16)
- Holy Cross (10)
- Chubut (8)
- Pampas (7)
- Tucuman (5)
- Saint John (4)
- Jump (3)
- Chaco (2)
- Currents (2)
- Catamarca (1)
- La Rioja (1)
At the moment, there are 61,870 active cases of coronavirus throughout the country, 603 of them admitted to Intensive Care Units (ICU). Thus, the ICU occupancy rate at the national level was 37.7% and 39.1% in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires.
Strategic Vaccination Plan
With more than 80% of the population fully immunized against coronavirusArgentina is located in the first 5 steps of the regional ranking with more people immunized.
Specifically, 96,314,468 vaccines have been supplied throughout the country since the start of the campaign: 40,592,057 people received one dose, 36,902,594 people applied two doses and 15,792,259 people have already reinforced the scheme with the third serum guideline, citing data from the Public Vaccination Monitor.
