According to data from the National Ministry of Health, in the last two weeks, positive cases of coronavirus. In the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA), the cases tripled compared to two weeks ago, which is why the incidence of the curve in the City of Buenos Aires is of concern.
specialists in infectious diseases and coronavirus They explained that the situation is not yet alarming, and that the increase in cases is mainly due to the fact that the majority of the population is not on the new booster doses. Also about the virus it was mentioned that the concentrations of people, such as grouping with family and friends for the good weather, is also a significant factor.
CONICET researcher Jorge Aliaga mentioned the increase in cases of coronavirus: “At the national level, what one can see is that in the last week the cases doubled compared to the previous one, going from 130 to 252 daily averages; These data are flat because they still need to be loaded, but also because there is a marked drop in testing, but they still increased.”
According to the variants of virus, are known to be subvariants of the Omicron type. Humberto Debat, molecular virologist said that “Almost the entire world population experienced an Omicron infection, so the probability of this having a strong health impact is very low even if the number of infections increases.”
Areas with increasing number of cases
The increase in confirmed cases, even without a massive testing campaign as at the center of the global coronavirus pandemic, was 57% at the country level. In 13 of the 23 provinces plus CABA there are increases in cases, The most affected jurisdictions are: Province of Buenos Aires, City of Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Chubut, Corrientes, Formosa, Mendoza, Río Negro, Salta, Santa Fe, Tierra del Fuego and Tucumán.
Even so, the case curve of the aforementioned Tierra del Fuego, Catamarca, Córdoba, province of Buenos Aires and City of Buenos Aires, is faster than the rest of the jurisdictions where there are more confirmed cases.
