translated from Spanish: Coronavirus: 12,230 cases and 276 deaths in the last 24 hours

This Saturday the Ministry of Health of the Nation reported 12,230 new positive cases of coronavirus and 276 people died as a result of the disease in the last 24 hours in Argentina.With these figures, add 101,434 deaths from COVID-19 officially recorded nationwide since the beginning of the pandemic and 4,749,443 infected. Of the total number of people infected since the beginning of the outbreak, 4,379,169 were discharged and 268,840 are still active cases. The health portfolio also indicated that there are 4,873 interned in ICU (Intensive Care Unit), with a percentage of adult bed occupancy of 61.1% nationwide and 58.7% in the AMBA (Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area). As for the distribution of cases among the provinces, 3,373 cases were registered in the province of Buenos Aires today; in CABA, 840; in Catamarca, 149; in Chaco, 303; in Chubut, 145; in Corrientes, 544; in Córdoba, 1,292; in Entre Ríos, 467; in Formosa, 334; in Jujuy, 250.

In La Pampa, 199; in La Rioja, 265; in Mendoza, 330; in Misiones, 217; in Neuquén, 140; in Río Negro, 178; in Salta, 445; in San Juan, 339; in St. Louis, 323; in Santa Cruz, 76; in Santa Fe, 1,292; in Santiago del Estero, 401; Tierra del Fuego, 49 and in Tucumán, 279.On the other hand, in the last 24 hours, 79,364 tests were carried out. Since the beginning of the outbreak, 18,203,426 diagnostic tests have been carried out for this disease.

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