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The Ministry of Health highlighted that yesterday Saturday a record number of PCR tests performed (34,769) was reached in one day, also reaching a 6 percent positivity, the lowest rate in the past 15 days.
In the last 24 hours, 1,966 new cases, with 16,146 active cases and 409,974 infections since the pandemic began.
The deceased, meanwhile, amounted to 63 people and a total of 11,244 are already registered.
The holder of the portfolio, Enrique Paris, expressed that it is a “pride for us” that Chile is the country that performs the most tests per million inhabitants in America.
“Chile is the country in America that performs the most tests per million inhabitants, that is a pride for us, in addition the CRP rate is 6 percent, it is the lowest figure we have had in the last 15 days, “he announced.
Along these lines, the Undersecretary of Public Health, Paula Daza, affirmed that the 34,769 tests carried out yesterday are “a record figure, so far we had not reached this figure, which gives us a country-wide total of 2,400,522 exams“.
In relation to the people who are hospitalized, Daza reported that “960 are in the ICU, of which 142 are in critical condition and we have 535 fans available“.
Transition, Step 3 and quarantine
On the other hand, Minister Paris reported that the communes of “Santa Cruz, Chillán Viejo, Chillán and Hualqui in relation to the increase in cases and other factors that we take into account, the one that governs from September 2 from 05:00 hours“.
“Pass to transition the commune of Rengo, due to his improving behavior from September 2 to 05:00 in the morning, “he added.
Paris noted that “with joy” it is announced that “they are going to the preparation stage, Step 3, the communes of los andes, san felipe, san jose de maipoe, providencia, las condes, ñuñoa and vitacura“.
