Argentina registers 128,321 new cases and 208 deaths from COVID-19

Argentina registered this Wednesday 128,321 new cases of COVID-19, with which the total number of positives amounted to 7,446,626, while deaths rose to 118,628 after 208 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours.

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The figures mark an increase from the infections reported last Tuesday, when 120,982 infections were reported.

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The positivity rate reported on this day for the country as a whole was 72.5%, since 176,850 tests were carried out throughout the national territory, a percentage that far exceeds the 10% recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO). ).

According to official figures, there are 6.3 million people who were infected and have already been discharged, while the number of patients with a confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 who remain in intensive care units was this Wednesday. of 2,310, growing in recent weeks but below the maximum peak of 7,969 on June 14.

The percentage of bed occupancy in intensive care units for all types of pathologies is 45.2% at the national level and 44.5% if only Buenos Aires and its outskirts are considered.

After months of a favorable epidemiological situation, last October the Argentine government relaxed most of the health restrictions in force until then, including the total opening of the borders.

However, cases began to rise again from November and at a dizzying pace in recent weeks, giving rise to a third wave of COVID-19 in the country.

For this reason, the Argentine government imposed from January 1 the use of the health pass, which will require proof of complete vaccination schemes to be able to attend activities considered to be of “epidemiological risk”, such as massive events outdoors 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 2020.

According to official data from the health portfolio, so far 83.3 million doses have been applied and another 93.8 million have been distributed, of which more than 5 million were donated.

More than 39.1 million people received the first dose of the vaccine, while 34.1 million were already inoculated with the second.

Likewise, 2.9 million Argentines have received a third additional dose and another 7 million received a booster dose, within the framework of the vaccination strategy initiated in October to strengthen the immunity of various groups.

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