Overview
- National tallies now exceed about 540 confirmed and probable cases, with roughly 4,003 suspected still under study.
- Salta, where confirmations doubled week over week, reports 413 confirmed and 25 probable cases concentrated in border towns such as Salvador Mazza and Tartagal.
- Local transmission is confirmed in several provinces, with recent counts including Tucumán 36, Jujuy 29, Catamarca 11 and Santiago del Estero 20, plus detections in San Luis, Córdoba and Buenos Aires City and province.
- The Health Ministry instructed provinces to test at least 30% of dengue‑negative febrile patients for chikungunya to spot circulation earlier as symptoms often overlap.
- Authorities are reinforcing household clean‑ups to remove standing water, targeted fumigation and repellent supplies, and provinces report most patients have mild illness managed as outpatients.