The Ministry of Health of Córdoba reported on Monday that 40 new cases of coronavirus, of which 16 are domiciled in the city of Córdoba (Capital), 21 in Villa Dolores (San Javier), one in San Pedro (San Alberto), one in Malvinas Argentinas (Colón) and one in La Falda (Punilla).
Of the Córdoba cases, 15 correspond to close contacts of previously confirmed cases, while one is under investigation.
The Villa Dolores and San Pedro cases are all linked to the epidemiological situation of the San Javier and San Alberto departments.
The one in La Falda is under investigation, while the one in Malvinas Argentinas is related to the epidemiological scenario of that town.
On the other hand, on Monday, the National Health Surveillance System was notified of two cases with residence in the city and province of Buenos Aires, corresponding to persons with legal domicile in Córdoba Capital and Villa María, respectively. For this reason, 42 cases are added to the provincial accumulated total.
On the day, no deaths by Covid-19 were reported in the province.
From the start of the pandemic to date, PCR tests (swabs) were performed on 79,141 people. This results in a rate of 21,046 people studied with PCR for every million inhabitants. This Monday, 1,534 studies were carried out, of which 634 are PCR and 900 serological tests.
The community transmission phase is maintained in the city of Córdoba.
Cases
Since the start of the pandemic, 24,169 cases were reported in the province of Córdoba, of which 22,512 were ruled out and 746 were confirmed.
Of these 746 people, 182 (24.40%) are in outpatient treatment with home isolation; 72 (9.65%) in outpatient treatment in intermediate institutions; 33 (4.42%) in hospital treatment (hospitalized), 38 (5.09%) died and 7 (0.94%) are under investigation because they correspond to cases with residence in other provinces and in Brazil, of whom not Information about your clinical status is told.
In relation to the recovered persons, if the confirmed cases in the last 15 days are not considered, the discharge rate is 69%.
Operational identify
In order to develop active search strategies for suspected Covid-19 cases, the Identify Program Operations continue.
This Monday, they were held in Ciudad de Mi Esperanza neighborhoods (Córdoba Capital) and in the towns of Malvinas Argentinas (Colón) and Villa Dolores (San Javier). A total of 1,199 studies were carried out, of which 299 correspond to sampling with swabs (PCR) to those who had close contact with positive cases or had symptoms and 900 to serological tests within the framework of a population sampling in these areas. The swab samples are being processed by the Central Laboratory of the Province.
It should be clarified that in the evening report of the Ministry of Health of the Nation 28 new cases were recorded in the province of Córdoba instead of 42, because 14 were notified to the National Health Surveillance System (SNVS) after the cut that make this health portfolio for your report.
It should also be clarified that the total of Covid-19 cases for the province of Córdoba (746) registers a difference with that published by the Ministry of Health of the Nation (730) because the 14 new cases that were admitted were not added. to SNVS after your cut-off hours.
Nación has not yet deducted the case of Río Cuarto from the accumulated total of Córdoba, which had been reported from a CABA laboratory, but was later discarded in Córdoba through the Central Laboratory of the Province.
According to the analysis of the Cordovan authorities, three cases of people with domiciles in other provinces (San Luis, Santa Fe and Mendoza), who were diagnosed and assisted in Córdoba until their recovery, are considered. The province of Córdoba counts these cases in its accumulated total, but Nación does not.
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