translated from Spanish: Coronavirus: confirm 438 new cases and are already 8809 in total

The Ministry of Health reported on Tuesday that in the last 24 hours there were 438 positive cases of coronavirus, which raised the total number of infections to 8809. Of the 8,809 cases, 940 (10.7%) imported, 3,879 (44%) are close contacts of confirmed cases, 2,758 (31.3%) are cases of community circulation and the rest is in epidemiological research. On Tuesday, 11 people died from coronavirus, 9 in the course of the afternoon: six were men, four of 85, 74, 54 and 51 years residing in the City of Buenos Aires, two of 81 and 66 years, residing in the province of Buenos Aires. 
And three women, two, ages 63 and 74, residing in Chaco province; and an 86-year-old, resident at CABA. The total deaths are 393.De the new cases, 224 were in the city of Buenos Aires, 157 in the province of Buenos Aires, 39 in Chaco, 9 in Córdoba, 6 in Santiago del Estero and Río Negro and 2 in Mendoza. The numbers on Tuesday represent a new record of contagion at the national level, with the main focus on the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires, which continues to concentrate the most cases.
This Sunday, May 24, the extension of the quarantine established by the President of the Nation, which enabled the provinces to move to the phase of “Progressive Reopening” expires, while Capital Federal and Buenos Aires continue in phase 3.

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