Argentina today surpassed the dark threshold of nine million coronavirus infections coronavirus since the start of the pandemic, a figure that positions the nation at number 11 in the world ranking as one of the countries most affected by the virus.
In total, some 9,004,829 cases of coronavirus since March 2020, when viral disease spread across the country. This new milestone occurs after the confirmation of 14,416 new infections on the last daywhich shows an increase of 9,839 infections compared to the previous day.
In its last epidemiological report, the National Ministry of Health reported that some 77 people (40 women and 37 men) died throughout the country as a result of the coronavirusa figure that raises the COVID mortality rate to 127,439 deaths.
Regarding the rate of recovered, it was confirmed that some 8,803,205 people managed to overcome the virus to date. In addition, at the moment there are 74,185 active cases throughout the territory.
In terms of hospitalizations, the health authorities confirmed that there are 691 people hospitalized in Intensive Care Units (ICU) in the country, which translates into 39.2% occupancy at the national level.
On this occasion, the Province of Buenos Aires, with 8,266 cases, and the CABA, with 3,636, were the only ones to confirm more than a thousand infections in one day. While Tucumán (701), Córdoba (454), Misiones (346), Santa Fe (227) and Entre Ríos (141), were over 100 daily cases.
The rest of the list is made up as follows:
- Black River (85)
- Chubut (83)
- Mendoza (78)
- Currents (75)
- Catamarca (58)
- Pampas (55)
- Holy Cross (51)
- Saint Louis (47)
- Formosan (33)
- Land of Fire (24)
- Neuquen (24)
- Chaco (22)
- Saint John (22)
- Jump (17)
- Santiago del Estero (10)
- La Rioja (7)
- Jujuy (2)
Strategic Vaccination Plan in Argentina
Since Argentina started its public and free national vaccination campaign on December 27, 2019, a total of 95,554,597 sera have been applied against the virus throughout the country, of the 103,037,720 doses that were distributed by the 24 jurisdictions.
According to the latest update of the Public Vaccination Monitor, 89.3% of the population (40,545,576 people) have already received the first dose of the drugs and 80.3% (36,776,985 people) completed the regimen with both vaccines. In addition, 40% of Argentine men and women (15,204,367 people) reinforced the pattern with a third dose.
