BUENOS AIRES – Argentina has the world’s highest rate of positive COVID-19 tests, according to Oxford-linked tracker Our World In Data, with nearly six out of 10 yielding an infection, a reflection of low testing levels and loose enforcement of lockdown rules.
Argentina hit 809,728 confirmed cases on Monday, with a seven-day rolling average of around 12,500 new daily infections. The country, which started strongly against the virus, passed 20,000 fatalities last week.
Medical professionals said low-levels of testing and lax restrictions had propelled the high positive rate, that climbed from around 40 percent in August to just shy of 60 percent in the last week.
Argentina has the eighth most COVID-19 cases in the world, and is currently in the top five for rolling seven-day average new cases and fatalities. (Reuters)
