The Ministry of Health of Córdoba confirmed that, in the last 24 hours, 7 new infections of Delta variant in the province. Since patient zero was reported, who had arrived from Peru on July 29, A total of 379 coronavirus cases were reported corresponding to the strain that originated in India.
As for the new positives of Delta variant, the health portfolio confirmed that there are 4 that are related to previously confirmed infections. On the other hand, the nexus of the remaining 3 are still under investigation. During this week, there was not a single day that the Cordoba Ministry of Health did not notify a case corresponding to the strain.
At a general level, with the positives of the Delta variant included, the province accumulates a total of 519,530 infections and 7,051 of coronavirus. On the other hand, the health portfolio confirmed that there are 33 people hospitalized in units for adults and that represents 0.9% of the total in the province. In turn, in the critical area there are 10 who are on mechanical ventilation.
Delta variant in Argentina
In recent days, concerns about the mutation of the coronavirus grew mainly in the City of Buenos Aires and the Greater Buenos Aires. In addition, the scientists warned that the frequency of cases also increased in Santa Fe, Neuquén and the interior of the Province of Buenos Aires during the last weeks of October.
As reported by the PAÍS Project, in the last two weeks of the tenth month of the year, “the frequency of detection of Delta variant it reached 83.3% in Greater Buenos Aires and 84.6% in the City of Buenos Aires ”. In turn, in Santa Fe it was detected in 21.4% of the samples and in Neuquén in 41%.
“The dominance of the Delta variant comes with a very high pre-immunity in the population, mainly due to vaccination, so the change in trend in the epidemiological landscape is probably not reflected in the health system,” he assured Télam Humberto Debat, member of the PAÍS Project.
