Buenos Aires [Argentina], August 7 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of people, who have tested positive for COVID-19 in Argentina, has increased by 13,549 within the past 24 hours and surpassed 5 million, the national Ministry of Health said.

The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Argentina stands at 5,002,951.

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More than 107,000 people have died of the coronavirus in Argentina, over 4.6 million have recovered since the start of the outbreak.

The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic on March 11, 2020. To date, more than 201.41 million people have been infected with the coronavirus worldwide, with over 4.27 million fatalities, according to Johns Hopkins University. (ANI/Sputnik)

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