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Coronavirus in Argentina: strong jump in infections that reached 648 in one day
Jos? Mar?a Costa
May 21, 2020 • 7:31 PM
In the country, 648 new cases of Covid-19 coronavirus were registered and those infected reached 9931. It is a new record of infections and the biggest leap from one day to the next. In addition, there were 13 deaths in the last 24 hours and the total reached 416. Meanwhile, there are 3,032 recovered.
The provinces with new cases, according to the report of the Ministry of Health of the Nation, are:
Buenos Aires 213
City of Buenos Aires 379
Chaco 34
Cordoba 12
Mendoza 1
Black River 3
Santa Fe 5
Tucum?n 1
In the morning a death had been reported. The victim was a 73-year-old man, resident in the province of Buenos Aires.
In the afternoon, twelve more cases were added: Nine men: five aged 60, 19, 72, 75 and 95, residing in the province of Buenos Aires; two of 84 and 88 years old, in the city of Buenos Aires; two of 58 and 75 years old, from Chaco.
In addition, there were three women who died. They were 52, 89 and 67 years old, residing in the province of Buenos Aires.
According to what LA NACION could know, the youngest victim in the country resided in the Buenos Aires party of Jos? C. Paz. He started with symptoms on May 10, was hospitalized on May 17, and died today. He had HIV, and was undergoing cryptococcal meningitis.
Another fact that was known is that yesterday 4,319 new samples were made, the maximum for a single day since the first case was detected, 79 days ago. Since the beginning of the outbreak, 116,689 diagnostic tests were carried out for this disease, which is equivalent to 2,571.6 samples per million inhabitants.
Coronavirus in Argentina: strong jump in infections that reached 648 in one day
Jos? Mar?a Costa
May 21, 2020 • 7:31 PM
In the country, 648 new cases of Covid-19 coronavirus were registered and those infected reached 9931. It is a new record of infections and the biggest leap from one day to the next. In addition, there were 13 deaths in the last 24 hours and the total reached 416. Meanwhile, there are 3,032 recovered.
The provinces with new cases, according to the report of the Ministry of Health of the Nation, are:
Buenos Aires 213
City of Buenos Aires 379
Chaco 34
Cordoba 12
Mendoza 1
Black River 3
Santa Fe 5
Tucum?n 1
In the morning a death had been reported. The victim was a 73-year-old man, resident in the province of Buenos Aires.
In the afternoon, twelve more cases were added: Nine men: five aged 60, 19, 72, 75 and 95, residing in the province of Buenos Aires; two of 84 and 88 years old, in the city of Buenos Aires; two of 58 and 75 years old, from Chaco.
In addition, there were three women who died. They were 52, 89 and 67 years old, residing in the province of Buenos Aires.
According to what LA NACION could know, the youngest victim in the country resided in the Buenos Aires party of Jos? C. Paz. He started with symptoms on May 10, was hospitalized on May 17, and died today. He had HIV, and was undergoing cryptococcal meningitis.
Another fact that was known is that yesterday 4,319 new samples were made, the maximum for a single day since the first case was detected, 79 days ago. Since the beginning of the outbreak, 116,689 diagnostic tests were carried out for this disease, which is equivalent to 2,571.6 samples per million inhabitants.
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