The Ministry of Health of the Nation confirmed this Sunday 99 new deaths by coronavirus in Argentina and the total of victims amounted to 6947. The infections reached 336,802, but 251.400 they already went discharge data.
At the moment, there are 1907 hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in Intensive Therapy Units (ICU), 76% of them in health centers of the City of Buenos Aires.
The general occupation of intensive beds stays in the 58% nationwide and fell to 67% in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires (AMBA).
Of the last 7759 positive cases, the 76.5% were concentrated in the AMBA. The province of Buenos Aires reported 4838 infections and the City 1100. In the rest of the country, the provinces that most infected reported were Santa Fe, with 294; Mendoza, with 245; Córdoba, with 219; Jujuy, with 212; Jump, with 150; Entre Ríos, 135; Río Negro, with 118; and Neuquén, with 103.
As detailed by the Health authorities in the latest report, all provinces reported new cases in the last 24 hours. This makes it clear that San Juan and Formosa, who had been infected for more than 14 days recorded outbreaks.
The Secretary of Access to Health Carla Vizzotti highlighted: “They keep showing up new outbreaks in provinces where there were no casesIn relation to this, he explained that the average number of daily cases in the last week is 6796, and less than 80% correspond to the AMBA.
With respect to ICU occupation, the official acknowledged that “the most important number is in the City from Buenos Aires. “But he warned that” cases continue to be added in the provinces. ”
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“There are 107 people hospitalized in intensive care in Córdoba, 69 in Mendoza, 54 in Río Negro, 45 in Santa Fe, 32 in Jujuy, Neuquén has 27, Salta 25,” he explained.
Finally, Vizzotti called the population to “comply with protocols and sanitary measures recommended to be able to continue giving the health system time until the vaccine arrives. “
This Saturday they were 18,837 new tests and since the beginning of the outbreak, 1,092,556 diagnostic tests for this disease were performed. The total of cases discarded amounted to 610,161.
Chinese vaccine trials begin
Argentina authorized them to be carried out in the country phase 3 studies of the Chinese vaccine against coronavirus Sinopharm Group, developed by the Laboratory Elea Phoenix. He announced it last Friday, in a ceremony with authorities of the companies involved, the Minister of Health Ginés González García after the formula received the approval of the National Administration of Drugs, Food and Medical Technology (ANMAT).
A study published this week reported that Phase 1 and Phase 2 clinical trials revealed that “the Sinopharm vaccine candidate is safe and generates immunity”. The results showed that effectively induced neutralizing antibodies in volunteers and demonstrated good immunogenicity, that is, the ability of a substance to trigger an immune response.
The clinical trials of the Chinese vaccine will be added to those carried out in the Military hospital the team led by the pediatric infectious disease specialist Fernando Polack. The specialist is in charge of the study of the vaccine against the coronavirus of the pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and BioNTech, also in phase 3 testing in humans.
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