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1. Various of Buenos Aires from the air
2. various of Buenos Aires
3. Various of people walking in Buenos Aires
4. Various of patrol raising awareness about the coronavirus
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6. Various of movement controls during quarantine

STORYLINE:

The Health Ministry confirmed 6,840 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, lifting Argentina above 300,000 infections.

Since the pandemic arrived in Argentina, 305,953 people have now been infected with Covid-19, according to government data. The true number is likely to be higher.

Officials also said Tuesday that 235 people had died since the previous day's health briefing, one of the highest daily tolls to date.

In total, 6,048 deaths have been recorded.

Numbers have surged over the past two months in Argentina, with greater strain being placed on the health system. Tuesday's update comes on the back of a mass anti-government rally the previous day in several cities across the country.

Officials in the Alberto Fernández administration were critical of those who attended the rally, saying the protest could aggravate the number of infections.

Nevertheless, pressure is building on the government to relax quarantine restrictions, given the economic turmoil facing the country, which has been in recession since 2018. The economy is expected to contract by more than 10 percent this year.

The Health Ministry says that more than 223,000 people have recovered from the virus after infection. The fatality rate in Argentina is 115 people per one million inhabitants, the third lowest in the region after Uruguay and Paraguay.

Argentina has now been in lockdown for more than four months.

Argentina was among the first governments to act in Latin America, putting in a nationwide lockdown and recommending two meters of social distancing and frequent handwashing in mid-March, then making the use of face masks mandatory a month later.

As cases eased, the government began allowing some stores to reopen. But a resurgence prompted the government to reverse course and shut all but essential businesses during the first three weeks of July. The retrenchment fueled popular push back, and some non-essential stores kept their doors discreetly open anyway.