At hours of the celebrations between family and friends for Christmas Eve, The Ministry of Health of the Nation once again reported an increased source of infections: 16,279 new cases of coronavirus, the highest figure since July. Currently, there are 74,523 active positives in the country.
At the same time, 29 deaths were reported by coronavirus and that brought the total to 117,008. On this occasion, 10 victims of the illness in the Province of Buenos Aires and Chubut, 2 in CABA and 1 in Corrientes, Córdoba, Entre Ríos, Misiones, Neuquén, Salta and Santa Fe.
Source: (Chronicle TV)
Unlike what normally happens, the jurisdiction that most contagions of coronavirus confirmed was Córdoba (5,064), followed by the Province of Buenos Aires (4,818) and the City of Buenos Aires (3,422). Then, Santa Fe (763) and Tucumán (420) were just located.
With more than one hundred cases, those who continued the list were Salta (195), Neuquén (157), Mendoza (155), Río Negro (154), San Luis (143), Entre Ríos (134), Corrientes (133), Chaco (130) and Catamarca (106). In turn, La Pampa (63), Misiones (63) and Formosa (60) were very close.
Finally, with less incidence of virus, Jujuy (58), Santiago del Estero (54), Santa Cruz (50), La Rioja (44), Chubut (40), San Juan (36) and Tierra del Fuego (14) appeared. If the increase in daily cases continues, the national government could establish restrictions on massive events.
“What we have to think is that in the wave of this year we had almost 8,000 people in intensive care and now we have between 800 and 900”, highlighted Carla Vizzotti, head of the Ministry of Health of the Nation. Currently, there are 830 in the Intensive Care Unit.
Strategic Vaccination Plan
To date, exactly one week to dismiss the year, the national health portfolio has already distributed 93,727,645 doses against the coronavirus in all the country. In addition, From the different strategies of each jurisdiction, 74,648,294 were applied.
Of the total vaccinated and vaccinated, 37,842,682 correspond to people who only started their immunization schedule and 32,271,263 to those who have already completed it. Meanwhile, there are 2,328,507 Argentines who added an additional dose and 2,205,842 a booster.
Source: (All News)
“It is key that we understand that we must continue to vaccinate to complete the schedules and respect all the regulations issued by the Ministry of Health. Argentina has vaccines, they are available throughout the country, let’s not wait”Said Juan Manzur, Chief of Staff.
Looking ahead to next year, in addition to the implementation of the health pass for mass events nationwide, Argentina already has signed contracts to receive new shipments from Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Sputnik V. Also, there could be more negotiations.
