Argentina’s health ministry reported 12,982 new coronavirus cases Monday night, taking the country’s total to 1,002,662.
Why it matters: Argentina is the fifth country to surpass 1 million COVID-19 cases, after Russia (over 1.4 million), Brazil (more than 5.2 million), India (7.5-plus), and the U.S. (over 8.2 million), per Johns Hopkins. “It means one in every 45 Argentinians has had the virus,” the Guardian notes. The virus killed 451 more people. The death toll is over 26,000.