
Argentina has topped 1 million total known cases of the novel coronavirus on Monday, according to the country's health ministry.
Argentina is the fifth country to report more than 1 million known coronavirus cases, following the US, India, Brazil and Russia, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
The health ministry reported 12,982 new cases in the past 24 hours, bringing Argentina's total number of known cases to 1,002,662.
The country also reported 451 new fatalities from the virus, bringing the country's known coronavirus death toll to 26,716.