BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Argentina's capital Buenos Aires faces a "significant increase" in novel coronavirus infections, local authorities warned on Friday.
"We have been seeing a significant increase in the number of cases for several weeks. Before Christmas we were at 465 cases per day and today we are at 1,200. That is happening as a result of year-end gatherings," Buenos Aires Mayor Horacio Rodriguez Larreta said in a statement issued by the mayor's office.
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