Argentina confirms country has surpassed 200,000 COVID-19 cases

Argentina confirms country has surpassed 200,000 COVID-19 cases

Argentina's Healthy Ministry confirmed on August 2 that the country has surpassed 200,000 COVID-19 cases.

Government officials confirmed that 5,376 more people who tested positive for coronavirus had been registered on Sunday, along with 52 fatalities.

The Health Ministry also said that a total of 1,122 patients with COVID-19 were hospitalized in intensive care units (ICUs) nationwide.

Of the more than 5,000 cases recorded on Sunday, 3,797 were recorded in Buenos Aires Province, with 971 registered in Buenos Aires City.

"Until August 16 we are going to keep things as they are," President Alberto Fernández said in a televised speech, saying officials had decided to halt further liberalisation measures in a bid to protect the health system from being overloaded.