translated from Spanish: Argentina breaks record new cases with more than 41,000 in last 24 hours

Argentina broke a new record of new coronavirus cases on Thursday by adding 41,080 on the last day, which has also exceeded the threshold of 76,000 deaths from the pandemic, reflecting the critical situation facing the country. The country has accumulated 3,663,215 confirmed positives since the outbreak of the health crisis, which has claimed the lives of 76,135 people, 551 of them died in the last day, according to the Salud.La Ministry’s last balance sheet in hospitals is also severe, with 6,802 beds of critical units occupied by patients affected by COVID-19, leaving an occupation of 76.2 per cent nationally and 77.5 per cent in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires (AMBA). Precisely, the province of Buenos Aires has scored the most cases on the last day, with more than 15,000, while in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires there have been more than 3,000 new contagions. In this context, the provincial government evaluates advancing winter holidays according to the epidemiological situation, with the aim of “buying time” in the Vaccination Plan for the educational community, informs the Argentine environment ‘La Nación’. The Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA) has also advanced that it values this option, while the Minister of Education, Nicolás Trota, has indicated that it is something that “is on the table”. The country currently has nine days of restrictions in high-risk areas due to increased cases and deaths by COVID-19, including the suspension of face-to-face classes. Meanwhile, the Vaccination Plan has enabled the implementation of 11,633,233 doses, with more than 9 million people receiving at least the first dose and 2.5 million people who have acquired the full immunization scheme. In this context, the province of Buenos Aires has announced that in two weeks the vaccination of people between 18 and 40 years with comorability will begin, “due to the huge amount of vaccines” that will reach the province, reports ‘Télam’.

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