Argentina has registered 24,130 new COVID-19 cases within the past 24 hours, marking the largest daily increase since the start of the outbreak for the fourth day in a row, the national Ministry of Health said.
The death toll has risen by 228 to 57,350 people within the same period of time, according to the ministry.
The total number of those who tested positive for COVID-16 in Argentina has reached 2,497,881, while the number of recoveries stands at 2,203,926.
The World Health Orgzation declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic on March 11, 2020.
To date, more than 134.32 million people have been infected with the coronavirus worldwide, with over 2.9 million fatalities, according to Johns Hopkins University. (/Sputnik)
( With inputs from ANI )
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