Argentina registers five times the number of cases of coronavirus than a month ago

The detected cases of covid-19 in Argentina They increased fivefold in a month to reach 5,337 positives this Monday, according to the latest report from the Ministry of Health.

The increase coincides with the detection of the omicron variant of coronavirus in early December, reported as more contagious than its predecessors.

According to the official report, in the last 24 hours there were also 27 deaths from covid compared to the 14 deaths that had been reported on November 20, when there were 1,095 infections.

The number of tests to detect covid It also increased 47% to 46,832 tests per day.

The Argentine government asked the population to reinforce care against the entry of the omicron variant, whose first case was confirmed on December 5 in the province of San Luis in a traveler from South Africa and with the complete vaccination scheme.

Since then, at least four more cases of omicron have been confirmed, according to an official report in mid-December, with no up-to-date data being released on the progress of this variant.

Meanwhile, the vaccination campaign continues for which, out of a population of 45 million people, 70.69% (31.812 million) have already received the full two-dose schedule and about 2 million people also received a booster.

However, some 6.5 million people have only received the first application and the vaccination campaign aims to achieve their full immunization as soon as possible.

According to the Ministry of Health, Argentina has “the stock of doses necessary to start and complete the pending schedules and to vaccinate with additional and booster doses to all the inhabitants of the national territory ”.

The government established, as of January 1, a health pass throughout the territory that requires people 13 years of age and older to accredit the complete vaccination scheme to attend activities in closed places or massive events in open spaces.

Some jurisdictions were ahead of the decision due to the increase in cases.

In the province of Buenos Aires, with almost 40% of the country’s population, the pass will take effect this Tuesday, December 21, as announced by Governor Axel Kicillof days ago “Because the cases increased in the province by 33% in a week”, as reported.

Since the pandemic began, Argentina has accumulated 5,395,044 cases of covid-19 and 116,930 deaths, while in intensive therapies the occupation is 34.9% nationwide for all types of pathologies.

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