The map that shows Argentina as one of the countries hardest hit by the pandemic

NEW YORK.- Amid the advance of the second wave of the coronavirus in the Argentina, which from this Saturday will enter a new strict confinement ordered by the government of Alberto Fernández, the country is among the hardest-hit in the world as measured by the rate of Covid-19 deaths and infections per million population over the past seven days.

Regarding the positive cases, according to the Our Data World website Argentina are in fifth place in the average of the last seven days. It is behind the Maldives (2509 cases per million inhabitants on average last week); Bahrain (1107), Uruguay (906) and Seychelles (842). Argentina records 647. Then they follow Costa Rica (468), Green cap (388) and Sweden (385).

According to death rate per million population in the last seven days, the list is at the top Uruguay (15.9), followed by Antigua and Barbuda (14.7), Paraguay (11.1), the Argentina (10.9), Seychelles (10.1), Colombia (9.7), Peru (9.2) and Brazil (9.1).

The pandemic has caused at least 3,433,000 deaths worldwide since the WHO office in China reported the onset of the disease in December 2019, according to a report from official sources. Since the start of the epidemic, more than 165,094,000 people have contracted the disease, according to official records.

As of Thursday, 12,691 new deaths and 669,282 infections were recorded worldwide. The countries that have recorded the most deaths according to the latest official reports are India (4,209), Brazil (2,403) and the United States (692). The death toll in the United States stands at 588,539, with 33,056,860 infections. After the United States, the countries most affected are Brazil, with 444,094 deaths and 15,894,094 cases; India, with 291,331 deaths and 26,031,991 cases); Mexico, with 221,080 deaths and 2,390,140 cases, and the United Kingdom, with 127,701 deaths and 4,455,221 cases.

Among regions, Europe adds 1,118,515 deaths and 52,257,202 infections; Latin America, 998,251 and 31,461,832; United States and Canada, 613,643 and 34,402,925; East Asia, 434,304 and 33,837,688; Middle East, 139,420 and 8,354,448; Africa, 127,484 and 4,732,254, and Oceania, 1,094 and 47,432.

Reuters and AFP agencies

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