The death toll from the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Argentina has topped 40,000, the country's Health Ministry said in a statement.
"Over the past 24 hours, 121 new deaths have been registered. So far, 40,009 people have died," the ministry said.
A total of 3,610 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the past day.
The country's overall coronavirus case tally stands at 1,469,919, with 1,305,587 recoveries. (/Sputnik)
( With inputs from ANI )
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