Argentina logs 100,000 virus deaths as Delta variant looms

Argentina has reported more than 100,000 deaths from COVID-19, a heavy blow to a country that intermittently imposed some of the most severe lockdowns in the world, only to see erratic compliance by many people

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Argentina on Wednesday reported more than 100,000 deaths from COVID-19 since the pandemic began, a heavy blow to a country that intermittently imposed some of the most severe lockdowns in the world, only to see erratic compliance by many people. Some 614 people died from the disease in the past 24 hours, bringing the total death toll to 100,250, the Health Ministry said. “I feel bad, it’s not what we thought would happen. ... This is a hard, very hard statistic,” said Luis Cámera, a doctor who specializes in gerontology and is an adviser on the pandemic to the government of President Alberto Fernández. Cámera attributed the high toll to ″some errors″ during periodic lockdowns as well damage inflicted by virus variants that swept through the region.