The Ministry of Health of the Nation confirmed this Sunday 5,352 new cases of coronavirus and 137 deaths in Argentina although they did not necessarily occur in the last 24 hours.
In this way, the total number of infected reached 342,154 and the number of fatalities is 6,985, according to the epidemiological bulletin of the health authority.
“Since the last report issued, 38 new deaths have been registered. Below we will detail the 137 deaths in the last 24 hours. 92 men, 67 residents in the province of Buenos Aires; 5 in the City; 2 in Córdoba; one in Mendoza; 4 in Río Negro; one in Santa Fe; one in Corrientes; one in Tierra del Fuego; 9 residents in La Rioja; one in Salta; and 45 women; 37 in the province of Buenos Aires; 3 in the City; 2 in Santa Fe; one in La Rioja; and 2 in Mendoza, “they lamented.
“Of the total of these cases, 1,179 (0.3%) are imported, 84,223 (24.6%) are close contacts of confirmed cases, 209,236 (61.2%) are cases of community circulation and the rest are under epidemiological investigation “, they differentiated.
The Ministry of Health of the Nation also expressed that 251,400 infected people have already fully recovered.
The Government updated the methodology to confirm definitive discharges: in cases in which the National Health Surveillance System had not determined the dates of onset of symptoms, the date of notification of symptoms was taken and a period equivalent to that of mild cases 10 days to notify them as discharge.
Of the 83 thousand people who have not yet been cured, 1922 are interned in intensive care units (UTI). For this and other diseases, ICU occupancy reached 64.2% in the AMBA and 56.5% at the national level.
President Alberto Fernández decreed that “social, preventive and compulsory isolation” will continue at least until Sunday, August 30. During the new period he drew “red zones” in the provinces most affected by the virus, so they returned to phase 1 with many restrictions to circulate.
The Government approved the protocols for individual sports activities, such as boating, gymnastics, golf, surfing, skateboarding, shooting, yatching, aquatic, athletics, rowing, swimming, weights, tennis, table tennis, cycling, horse riding, squash, fencing, badminton and paddle, but asked to avoid “the third time”.
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