The National Ministry of Health reported in its daily report of every morning nine deaths from coronavirus and, with this update, the total number of deaths from the pandemic in Argentina reached 1,490. In report number 225, in addition, they pointed out that the virus case fatality rate is 2% with an average age of 75 years among fatalities.
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Last day deaths correspond to six men, four of them residing in the province of Buenos Aires aged 69, 77 and 81 (one without age data), another 87 years old residing in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires and another 70 years old residing in the province of Neuquén, next to three women: two of 80 and 88 years old residing in the province of Buenos Aires, and one of 67 years, residing in the province of Neuquén.
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In the last 24 hours, 2,590 people were diagnosed with COVID-19, 93% of them in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA), bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Argentina to 75,376, among which 50.6% are men. The incidence rate is 166 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, with an average age of 36 years and 7.7% are health workers.
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Within this statistic, in addition, 1,069 (1.4%) cases are imported, 26,548 (35.2%) are close contacts of confirmed cases, 35,186 (46.7%) are cases of community circulation and the rest are in epidemiological investigation. To date, in addition, the number of recovered patients is 27,597 recovered (1,597 only yesterday), which corresponds to 36% of all cases.
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With the confirmation of first case of coronavirus in the province of Catamarca Provinces are no longer registered without cases, although San Juan and Santa Cruz have not registered new infections in the last 14 days, according to Dr. Alejandro Costa, the undersecretary of Health Strategies of the Ministry of Health.
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On the other hand, the Secretary of Access to Health of the National Ministry of Health, Carla Vizzotti, indicated that there are 658 people with confirmed diagnosis of coronavirus hospitalized in Intensive Care Units. The occupancy rate of these beds is 51% nationally and 57.7% in the AMBA.
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Dr. Vizzotti also pointed out that yesterday both she and the infectologists Gustavo Lopardo and Javier Farina, who make up the committee of experts that advises the president, traveled to the province of Chaco (one of the areas with community circulation of the virus in addition to AMBA, the city of Neuquén and two cities in Río Negro).
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“We recall the immense importance in relation to the difference in the epidemiological situation that we have throughout the country,” said the secretary. “In areas where we have social, preventive and compulsory isolation we have to redouble our efforts to minimize the movement of people. We have to do only the essential activities for which we have authorization and return home. Avoid contact with other people and avoid meetings that are not authorized. ”
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In addition, he recalled that even in carrying out authorized activities “Carelessness can create a risk of infection”. “Actions that are habitual and even reflexive and automatic in us can generate a risk, such as drinking mate, sharing a glass, being very close without masks and generating any action in relation to touching surfaces and touching our faces,” he added.
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