The Ministry of Health of the Nation published this Sunday the new weekly epidemiological part, in which a drop of 23.43% was reported in cases of coronavirus at the national level. Specifically, there were 31,198 new infections this weekwhich represents a reduction of 11,029 infections compared to the previous Sunday (42,227).
In terms of deaths, the health portfolio reported that, between Monday August 8 and Sunday August 14, A total of 126 deaths from coronavirus in all the countrythe province of Tucumán was the one with the most deaths from the illness reported, with 50 cases.
For its part, in the rest of the country, deaths from coronavirus of this week were distributed as follows: Buenos Aires (18), Salta (10), Corrientes (9), Chaco (8), CABA (7), Córdoba (5), Catamarca (2), Entre Ríos (2 ), La Rioja (2), Río Negro (2), Santiago del Estero (2), Chubut (1), Formosa (1), Jujuy (1), Mendoza (1), Misiones (1), Neuquén (1) , San Juan (1), San Luis (1) and Tierra del Fuego (1).
Thus, since the arrival of the pandemic in the country, a total of 9,633,732 infections and 129,566 deaths have been registered due respiratory infectionfigures that position Argentina among the first 20 steps of the world ranking as one of the nations most affected by the coronavirusaccording to data from Our World In Data.
Strategic Vaccination Plan
According to data from the Public Vaccination Monitor, Since the beginning of the immunization campaign, a total of 108,403,337 vaccines have been applied against the coronavirus in all the countryof the 114,567,038 doses that were distributed in the 24 jurisdictions.
To date, a total of 40,909,190 Argentine men and women have received the first dose and 37,737,727 people have received both doses. For their part, 21,181,913 people reinforced the scheme with a third vaccine, while 5,407,306 people received the fourth dose. In addition, 3,140,703 of the vaccinated received an additional dose.
