This content was published on August 15, 2021 – 20:14
Buenos Aires, Aug 15 (EFE) -. The Argentine Ministry of Health notified 3,727 new cases of the coronavirus this Sunday, bringing the total number of positives to 5,084,635, while deaths rose to 109,041, after 105 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours.
The figures reveal a decrease compared to the positive cases registered this Saturday, when 6,183 cases were reported.
Argentina registered a daily record of cases on May 27, when 41,080 infections were reported, while the highest number of deaths in a single day was verified on June 22, with 792 deaths.
In the province of Buenos Aires, 819 cases were counted this Sunday, in the central province of Córdoba 427 positives were registered, in Santa Fe (center) 272 were reported and in the capital of the country 364 cases were reported.
According to the official report, there are 4.74 million patients who have already been discharged, meanwhile the number of people with a confirmed diagnosis of covid-19 who remain admitted to intensive care units was 3,574 this day, below the 7,969 mark on June 14.
The percentage of occupancy of beds in intensive care units (ICU) for all types of pathologies is 50.4% at the national level and 48.1%, if only Buenos Aires and its periphery are considered.
So far, in the South American country, 20.75 million tests have been carried out to detect the virus, of which 51,570 were carried out this Sunday.
Argentina experienced an accelerated increase in covid-19 cases in April and May, with a high level of occupancy of beds in ICUs, although the upward curve of positives began to ease in June, after the application of new sanitary restrictions.
While seeking to delay the circulation of the delta variant, Argentina, with about 45 million inhabitants, continues with its vaccination campaign against the coronavirus that began at the end of last December and with the aim of completing the inoculation scheme to the as many people as possible.
According to official data released this Sunday, some 36.69 million doses have been applied so far.
A total of 26.61 million people received the first dose of the vaccine, while 10.08 million people were already inoculated with the second. EFE
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