Second wave: the case fatality rate of Covid-19 in Argentina has been halved

The Nation’s Ministry of Health has released recent data associated with the lethality of Covid-19 as the second wave of infections lasts. Surprisingly, and product of vaccination, it has halved compared to what happened in 2020.

This case fatality rate, calculated by the number of deaths over the total number of cases, is 1.4% so far in 2021. Contrary to the above, in 2020 it was 2.8% This is the first year that Argentina has come into contact with Covid-19.

The health portfolio also said that among those over 60, mortality has fallen by at least 5 percentage points. Last year 83% of those who died were over 60, while this same age group is now represented at 78%.

More, their mortality was 15.9% against 8.4% in 2021. A downward trend could also be highlighted by comparing mortality in children under 60. In 2020, it was represented at 0.6%. At present, that figure was 0.4%.

However, and with a daily average of 26,236 cases per Covid, the number of people infected continues to put pressure on the health system. This Wednesday, the number of interned in intensive care units (UTI) amounted to 7614 people.

Regarding the number of cases recorded to date, they report 35,017 new coronavirus infections in Argentina and 587 deaths in the last 24 hours. The country then cumulates 79,320 deaths and 3,852,156 infected.

What are the vaccination numbers in the country?

To date, the country has obtained a total of 17,631,945 vaccines: 8,115,745 correspond to Sputnik V, 4,000,000 to Sinopharm, 580,000 to Astrazeneca (Covishield), 1,944,000 to Astrazeneca (COVAX) and 2,992,200 to Astrazeneca and Oxford.

According to Public vaccination monitor15,853,890 doses were distributed. 12,994,623 people have already been vaccinated. Of this total, 10,087,539 people received a single dose and 2,907,084 completed the vaccination process with both components.

At dawn on Wednesday, an Aerolineas Argentinas flight will depart for Moscow, Russia. It will load a new shipment of 800,000 doses of the Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus, ready to land in the country on Thursday.

On the other hand, the national government also detailed in a statement that next Monday, around 8 A batch of 900,000 doses of AstraZeneca will arrive in Argentina, following the agreement reached with Mexico.

JFG / DS