BUENOS AIRES (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 14th August, 2020) Argentina has confirmed 7,498 new cases of the coronavirus across the country within the past 24 hours, with the total number of people infected with COVID-19 having reached 276,072, the national Ministry of Health said.
A day earlier, Argentina confirmed record 7,663 new COVID-19 cases and 209 fatalities.
"Today, 7,498 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed, bringing the total number of [COVID-19] positive tests in the country to 276,072," the ministry said in a daily bulletin on late Thursday.
The death toll has increased by 149 to 5,362 people within the same period of time.
The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic on March 11. To date, more than 20.7 million people have been infected with the coronavirus worldwide, with over 752,000 fatalities, according to Johns Hopkins University.
