### [2021-04-6](/feed/2021/04/6/index.md)

##### COVID-19 pandemic
# Argentina reports the highest infection toll since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020, reporting a total of 20,870 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the cumulative tally to 2.4 million cases. 




### Sources:

1. [Olé](https://www.ole.com.ar/coronavirus/coronavirus-record-casos-6-abril-2021_0_WHmuwx1dE.html)

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