Argentina's COVID-19 death toll surpasses 40,000

The death toll from the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Argentina has topped 40,000, the country's Health Ministry said in a statement.

Buenos Aires [Argentina], December 9 (ANI/Sputnik): The death toll from the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Argentina has topped 40,000, the country's Health Ministry said in a statement. "Over the past 24 hours, 121 new deaths have been registered. So far, 40,009 people have died," the ministry said.

A total of 3,610 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the past day. The country's overall coronavirus case tally stands at 1,469,919, with 1,305,587 recoveries. (ANI/Sputnik)