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Argentina reached 100K COVID-19 deaths milestone

(14 Jul 2021) Argentina registered 100,000 deaths from COVID-19 Wednesday, evidenced by new graves in cemetery COVID "sections." Argentina was struggling economically even before the pandemic and many citizens ignored quarantine regulations so they could make a living and support their families. Then restrictions on gatherings were relaxed over the Christmas holidays and Argentina's southern hemisphere summer, encouraging people to let down their guard and spend time together. The vaccination effort has also been lagging. The South American country is among the top 13 countries worldwide in terms of deaths per million inhabitants according to the latest data from the Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center. The United States has confirmed the most COVID-19 deaths at about 608,000, followed by Brazil (536,000), India (411,000), Mexico (235,000) and Peru (195,000). France, Russia, Britain, Italy and Colombia have each reported well over 100,000 deaths, according to the coronavirus resource center of Johns Hopkins University. The center said about 4,052,000 people around the world are confirmed to have died from COVID-19. The death toll is believed to be much higher in many countries because of misdiagnoses, inadequate testing and other factors.   While struggling to survive from COVID-19 in Buenos Aires, Paola Almirón learned that four infected relatives had been admitted to the same hospital she was in. Almirón was able to survive, but most of those close to her did not. "My mother died first, two days later my sister and three days later my aunt. It was terrible to go to the cemetery with my brother three times in a week, "said Almirón, 38, who works as a nurse supervisor at the Luisa Cravena de Gandulfo General Hospital, located in the town of Lomas de Zamora, 26km (16 miles) south of Buenos Aires. Argentina, while continuing to combat the virus, has carried out more severe quarantines than other countries in the region, such as Mexico. It is currently fighting to improve its health situation by accelerating vaccination plans in the midst of a consolidated plateau of infections and with the Delta variant looming as a threat in the southern winter. "I feel bad, it was not what one thought was going to happen ... this is a hard, very hard figure," said clinical doctor Luis Cámera, who is one of the advisers to the president Alberto Fernández. Cámera attributed the sad figure to "some errors" committed during the quarantine and to the damage generated by the Andina (Lambda) and Manaus (Gamma) variants, which caused havoc in neighboring countries. According to Cámera, the Argentine quarantine was not strict enough allowing almost daily demonstrations of hundreds and thousands of people in the Argentine capital. So far, 15 cases of the Delta variant have been identified in Argentina and were linked to "international travelers" or people related to them, according to the Ministry of Health. Nine cases were detected in the last week and came from the United States, Mexico and Paraguay. Argentina has a population of about 45 million. Some 20.6 million people have received a first dose of the three available types of vaccines - Sputnik, AstraZeneca and Sinopharm - and about 5.1 million have received two doses, according to official figures About 20 million people have received a first dose of the three available vaccines and only about five million the two doses, out of a population of 45 million, according to the latest official figures. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...