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Coronavirus in Argentina: 474 new cases confirmed and it is the day of most infections since the pandemic began
In addition, ten deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours. The total number of cases amounts to 9,283
May 20, 2020
The Ministry of Health reported on Tuesday that during the last 24 hours there were 10 deaths and 474 new positive cases for coronavirus. With these data, the total number of infected in the whole country amounted to 9,283 and the fatal victims add up to 403.
Thus, in the last published report, nine new deaths were recorded. Four men, two 91 and 63 years old, residing in the province of Buenos Aires; one 74 years old, resident in the province of C?rdoba; one 83 years old, resident in the province of R?o Negro; and five women, two aged 75 and 91, residing in the province of Buenos Aires; two 49 and 71 years old, residents in the City of Buenos Aires; and another of 68 years, resident in the province of Chaco. At the moment the number of deceased is 403.
With regard to the infections, it was known that 257 were reported in the city of Buenos Aires, 178 in the province of Buenos Aires, 35 in Chaco, 2 R?o Negro and 2 in C?rdoba. This was published by the part of the national Ministry of Health and was established as the day that most infections occurred since the first known case in the country.
Meanwhile, this morning, the Ministry of Health registered a new death by COVID-19 in the country: a man, 47, residing in the province of Buenos Aires.
As detailed in the Health report, of the total cases, 945 (10.2%) are imported, 4,068 (43.8%) are close contacts of confirmed cases, 2,919 (31.4%) are cases of community circulation and the rest are under epidemiological investigation.
During the day on Tuesday, 3,736 new samples were carried out and since the start of the outbreak 112,370 diagnostic tests were carried out for this disease, which is equivalent to 2,476.4 samples per million inhabitants.
The number of cases discarded until yesterday is 85,130 (by laboratory and by clinical / epidemiological criteria). The main affected age groups of the registered cases correspond to people between 20 and 59 years old, with the average age being 39 years.
Meanwhile, yesterday, 11 deaths and 438 new positive cases were registered and had been the record at the country level. Thus, of this total, 224 were published from the city of Buenos Aires, 157 from the province of Buenos Aires, 34 from Chaco, 9 from C?rdoba, 6 from Santiago del Estero, 6 from R?o Negro and 2 from Mendoza.
In addition, the report detailed the new 11 deaths. Six men, four of 85, 74, 54 and 51 years, residing in the city of Buenos Aires; two of 81 and 66 years old, residents in the province of Buenos Aires; and three women, two 63 and 74 years old, from Chaco; and an 86-year-old from the Federal Capital.
Thus, this afternoon, President Alberto Fern?ndez met with the governor of the province of Buenos Aires, Axel Kicillof, and with the head of the City Government, Horacio Rodr?guez Larreta, in the Fifth Presidential of Olivos. It was the first formal meeting between the three administrations to analyze what the new quarantine stage will be like, which will begin on Monday, May 25 and will last at least until June 8.
Kicillof's cabinet points to Rodr?guez Larreta's for having adopted very bold opening measures and accuses him of having caused an acceleration of cases in the AMBA. The Buenosairean officials say that in the Federal Capital the contagions increased more because more tests are made than in the Conurbano.
According to preliminary conversations with experts, the Executive Branch will continue with its strategy of regionalizing the quarantine modality. This implies imposing more restrictive measures in the districts where there is local circulation of the virus and relaxing the characteristics of the confinement in the provinces where no new cases were registered in the last 14 days.
Gin?s Gonz?lez Garc?a, Minister of Health of the Nation, did not want to anticipate the decision that Alberto Fern?ndez will announce starting on Friday. "We have a situation that does not make us have to think about changing at all, so in reality I am saying yes," the Health Minister confirmed anyway about the extension of the isolation that the President is heading to make official before Sunday. , as it emerged, for two more weeks, with special attention in the metropolitan area.
In the health analysis on the eve of the extension of the quarantine, the Government's concern remains focused on the most vulnerable neighborhoods of the City and of the Buenos Aires metropolitan area, which became the main sources of contagion of the coronavirus, for now with more emphasis on Buenos Aires territory, according to official records.
In the world, 4,952,139 people were infected by COVID-19. Of the total, 325,650 patients died and 1,723,379 managed to recover.
Meanwhile, yesterday, 11 deaths and 438 new positive cases were registered and had been the record at the country level. Thus, of this total, 224 were published from the city of Buenos Aires, 157 from the province of Buenos Aires, 34 from Chaco, 9 from C?rdoba, 6 from Santiago del Estero, 6 from R?o Negro and 2 from Mendoza.
In addition, 11 new deaths were recorded in the report. Six men, four of 85, 74, 54 and 51 years, residing in the city of Buenos Aires; two of 81 and 66 years old, residents in the province of Buenos Aires; and three women, two 63 and 74 years old, from Chaco; and an 86-year-old from the Federal Capital.
