Argentina reports 21,590 new cases of Covid-19 and 469 deaths (July 6)

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Argentina reported 21,590 new cases of the SARS-CoV-2 on Tuesday, bringing the total number of positives to 4,574,340, while deaths rose to 96,983 after 469 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours. The figures reveal a rise compared to the positives recorded this Monday (5) when 17,277 cases were reported.

Argentina registered a daily record number of cases on May 27, when 41,080 infections were reported, while the highest number of deaths in a single day was verified on June 21, with 792 deaths on that day.

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In the province of Buenos Aires, 6,818 cases were reported on Tuesday, while in the central province of Cordoba, 2,715 positive cases were recorded, in Santa Fe (center), 2,125 were reported, in Tucuman (center), 2,125 were reported, and in the capital of Argentina 1,170 cases were recorded.

According to the official report, there are 4.1 million patients who have already been discharged. The number of people with a confirmed diagnosis of Covid-19 who remain admitted to intensive care units on Tuesday was 5,642, well below the record of 7,969 on June 14.

The occupancy rate of intensive care beds for all types of pathologies is 64.6% at a national level and 62.2% if only Buenos Aires and its populous periphery are considered.

So far, 17.1 million tests have been carried out in Argentina to detect the virus, of which 88,431 were performed this Tuesday.

Argentina experienced in April and May a dizzying increase in cases of Covid-19, with increasing bed occupancy in intensive care units. Still, the upward curve of positives began to ease in June, following new sanitary restrictions.

While it is going through the second wave of Covid-19, Argentina, with some 45 million inhabitants, continues with its vaccination campaign against the coronavirus, which began at the end of last December.

According to official data released on Tuesday, 22.8 million doses have been administered so far. A total of 18.2 million people received the first dose of the vaccine, while 4.5 million people have already been inoculated with the second dose.