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In a new balance of the situation in the country with respect to Covid-19, the Ministry of Health reported that up to 9:00 pm this Sunday, 1,197 new cases had been recorded, of which 975 were symptomatic and 222 were asymptomatic.
According to that indicated by the head of the portfolio, Jaime Mañalich, they are extremely concerned and busy with the growth of infections, particularly in the Metropolitan region.
With this, according to what was reported by the undersecretary Paula Daza, the total of confirmed infections in our country reaches 30,063 cases.
Likewise, the balance indicates that, of the total, 13,605 are “recovered” and 16,135 cases are active.
Meanwhile, 11 new deaths were registered: 6 in the Metropolitan region, 1 in Arica, 1 in Valparaíso, 1 in O’Higgins, 1 in La Araucanía and 1 in Magallanes. Thus, the deaths in Chile from the virus are already 323 people.
By region, as is already known, by far the majority of new cases are concentrated in the Metropolitan region (964), followed by far by Valparaíso (37), Antofagasta (36), Bío Bío (33), Tarapacá (27) and O’Higgins (21).
Meanwhile, since the start of the pandemic in Chile, 294,057 examinations have been carried out, of which 13,373 were carried out in the last 24 hours.
For his part, the undersecretary of Healthcare Networks, Arturo Zuñiga, specified that there are already 474 patients connected to a mechanical ventilator and 80 remain in critical condition due to the virus.
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