The number of newly infected Coronavirus (Covid-19) in Argentina on Friday exceeded the barrier of 119,000, after 4,518 cases were recorded within 24 hours.
This came according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Health in the country, indicating that the number of injuries reached 119 thousand and 301 cases, after recording 4,518 injuries within 24 hours.
The statement pointed out that 66 new deaths were recorded due to infection with the virus during the past 24 hours, raising the total to 2178 cases.
Since last March 20, Argentina has been implementing social isolation that allows citizens to leave homes in order to meet only basic needs, by permitting them to leave due to the nature of their work.
On the other hand, HIV infection increased in Chile to 326 thousand and 539, after recording 2840 new cases during the past 24 hours, while deaths increased to 8347 after recording 98 deaths.
The country’s Ministry of Health indicated, in a statement issued by it, that the number of deaths includes 1057 cases that were not conducted Corona tests, but died with symptoms similar to the symptoms of the virus.
The statement pointed out that the number of the recovered reached 296 thousand, and 814 recovered, and that there are 1796 cases that are still being treated in hospitals, including 327 critical cases.
The statement also indicated that a million and 370,000 tests have been conducted to detect the virus since it spread to the country.
As of Saturday morning, the number of corona infected people in the world exceeded 14 million and 189 thousand, of whom more than 599 thousand died, and more than 8 million and 455 thousand have recovered, according to the website “Worldometers” specializing in monitoring the developments of the virus.
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