Daily Covid deaths: Argentina, only behind India, Brazil and US in past 24 hours

In full advance on the coronavirus in several countries, Argentina recorded this Wednesday the highest number of deaths due to Covid-19 in 24 hours since the start of the pandemic, with 663. According to the Worldometer website log of the day, so far only two countries surpass Argentina in this indicator today.

The India -which today recorded 382,315 new cases of coronavirus in one day, a record for a country sinking into a serious health crisis- tops the world list for having counted 3,780 in the last 24 hours, According to data from the Ministry of Health (the country has a total of 226,188 deaths from Covid-19, only behind the United States and Brazil). The World Health Organization (WHO) said in a weekly report that the Asian country accounted for almost half of the coronavirus cases reported worldwide last week and a quarter of deaths.

To the Asian country Brazil follows, with 2,811 in the last 24 hours (according to the report of the National Council of Secretaries of Health), the country hardest hit by the virus in the region. In total, there are already 414,399 deaths from Covid-19.

Fourth on the list, after Argentina, the United States, with 683 deaths during the day (its indicator continues to be updated the rest of the day); in total, there are more than 579,100 deaths from Covid-19, according to Johns Hopkins University. On Tuesday, the United States – which is advancing at full speed with its vaccination plan – recorded 853 deaths from Covid-19.

With insufficient vaccine distribution and the absence of strict infection prevention measures, Latin America is far from controlling pandemic, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) warned on Wednesday, although he pointed out that in the second half of the year vaccination could be increased.

“We are still in the midst of a crisis that is not over,” PAHO Director Carissa Etienne said at a virtual press conference. “Frankly, we still don’t see the light at the end of the tunnel”, he said, after explaining that at least 40% of the deaths reported worldwide last week were recorded in America.

Because India became the country worst affected by the pandemic, it stopped the export of the vaccines it produces – with technology from the University of Oxford and the pharmaceutical AstraZeneca – and they were intended for the mechanism. Covax, created by the United Nations to do more. global vaccination accessible.

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