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The latest balance of the Ministry of Health confirmed this Thursday a total of 1,662 new infections of Covid-19 and added 84 deaths.
With this, the total cases of the coronavirus in Chile reaches 566,440 infected with 10,057 active cases.
Of the total of new infections 1,128 cases presented symptoms, 517 are asymptomatic and 17 have not been notified.
The health authorities reported that there are 671 patients infected with Covid-19 in the ICU, of which 69 are in critical condition and 498 connected on mechanical ventilation.
Also, on the last day 32,509 exams were performed, reaching a total of 5,659,403 PCR tests since the pandemic began.
Assistance Network # COVID-19
🔹 671 hospitalized
🔹 498 in mechanical ventilation
🔹 69 critics
🔹 287 fans available
🔹 32,509 PCR tests performed (5,659,403 in total)#SanitaryResidencies
🔹 9,277 places
🔹 137 Residences pic.twitter.com/ts3N3pCrmI– Ministry of Health (@ministeriosalud) December 10, 2020
PARIS: METROPOLITAN REGION IS AT A “CRITICAL LEVEL”
The Minister of Health, Enrique Paris, pointed out this day that Five regions of the country have managed to reduce infections, however, another 11 are on the riseThe Metropolitan Region being the most worrying since the communes of Santiago, Puente Alto, Ñuñoa, Estación Central, Las Condes, Vitacura, Maipú, La Florida, Curacaví, Independencia and Providencia have increased their cases.
“The effective R has increased enormously in the Metropolitan Region. Ideally, it should be below 1, that gives us assurance that the transmission is not as active, but in this case we have 1.14. These are worrying figures that have called us precisely to decree phase two “, assured the Minister of Health.
And he added that “there is a significant increase in weekly cases observed in the Metropolitan Region. They have increased by 53 percent, and today the data clearly show us that the region is at a critical level. “
For his part, the president of Sochimi, Darwin Acuña, who participated in the balance this day, made a call to respect the measures to avoid a possible second wave and what that brings, which are the capitalized and deceased. “Vaccination is undoubtedly a hope for us, but as the minister says, it is a process that will take time“, said.
From Santiago, its mayor Felipe AlessandriHe indicated that “the number of people who transit is equal to normal times: two and a half million people” and that if “on December 21 – the minister said yesterday – the figures go down, they will be able to free us again.”
In this line, in the balance of the Minsal it was announced that up to 15 days before Christmas and with nine consecutive days, the business will be able to extend its operation by two hours.
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