Abstract

On March 11, 2020, the WHO declared the COVID-19 pandemic (WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19 - 11 2020). In Argentina, according to the National Ministry of Health, as of June 3rd, the confirmed cases of COVID-19 were 19,268 (Reporte Diario Vespertino Nro 162, 2020). Most of the cases are concentrated in the Metropolitan Area of ​​Buenos Aires (MABA), which is the megalopolis that comprises the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires and the surrounding conurbation of the province of Buenos Aires. The MABA has a population of 12.806.866 inhabitants, and 15,555 cases of COVID-19 (80.7% of national cases), which determines a cumulative incidence of 121.4 cases / 100,000 inhabitants for this region, since the beginning of the epidemic up to June 3rd (Reporte Diario Vespertino Nro 162, 2020).

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