BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Argentine Ministry of Health on Wednesday reported 10,332 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, taking the national count to 1,339,337.

The ministry said 241 more patients died of the disease, bringing the nationwide death toll to 36,347.

A total of 1,156,474 people have recovered from the disease so far nationwide, according to the ministry.

The province of Buenos Aires, with 597,074 cases or 44.57 percent of the national total, is the most affected district.

Argentine President Alberto Fernandez on Wednesday said his government is devising a mass vaccination scheme against the novel coronavirus planned to be launched by the turn of the year.

"We are working tirelessly so that by the end of the year or the first weeks of the next, Argentina will already have a mass vaccination system in place," Fernandez said in a statement released by his office. Enditem

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