Argentina adds 4,819 new cases of covid-19, the highest number in months

These figures mark an increase with respect to the positives reported on Tuesday, when 4 were registered, 555 new cases.

The peak of infections this year occurred last 27 of May, date they were registered 41, 080 cases, while the highest number of deaths in a single day was verified in the past 22 June, with 792 deaths.

According to the daily report of the Ministry of Health, there are 5. 22 millions of people who were infected and who have already been discharged, while the number of patients with a confirmed diagnosis of covid – 19 who remain admitted to intensive care units was on Wednesday from 742 .3, well below the maximum mark of 7, 969 From the past 14 June.

The percentage of occupancy of beds in intensive care units for all types of pathologies is 35. 5% nationwide and from 41. 7% if only Buenos Aires and its periphery are considered.

After months of favorable epidemiological situation, in October the Argentine Government relaxed most of the sanitary restrictions in force until then, including the total opening

However, cases began to rise again in recent dates: the average number of daily infections in December is, so far, 2, 706, a figure that more than double the October average (978 positives per day).

Vaccination, key

Of course, the high percentages of the vaccinated population are preventing, for the moment, a increase in mortality : in the first fourteen days of December some 16 people per day on average, about statistics lower even than those of October, when they were averaged 23 deaths every 24 hours.

In In this context, the Argentine Government announced this Monday that from next January 1 it will be required to have a health pass , which certifies complete vaccination schedules against covid – 19, in order to attend activities considered to be of “epidemiological risk”, such as mass outdoor events or in closed spaces.

Meanwhile, Argentina, with some 45 million inhabitants, continues with its vaccination campaign against the coronavirus that began at the end of last year.

According to official data released on this day, so far They have been applied 72. 1 million doses and have been distributed 88. 4 million throughout the national territory.

A total of 37. 4 million people received the first dose of the vaccine, while 31. 3 million were already inoculated with the second. Likewise, 2 million Argentines have received a third additional dose and another 1.2 million a booster dose, within the framework of the vaccination strategy initiated several weeks ago to reinforce the immunity of various groups.

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