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The Ministry of Health reported 2,139 new cases by Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, which confirms the overcoming of the barrier of 2,000 infections per day and becoming the highest figure in almost three months.
The last time a figure higher than that of this day was registered was on September 25, when there were 2,222 infections.
Of the 2,139 new cases, 1,427 were symptomatic and 684 asymptomatic, bringing the number to 10,887 active cases in the country and totaling 571,919 since the pandemic began in our country.
Sunday, December 13 | Daily balance # COVID-19
🔹 2,139 new cases
🔹 1,427 symptomatic
🔹 684 asymptomatic
🔹 28 not notified
🔹 571,919 total cases
🔹 10,887 assets
🔹 544,822 recovered
🔹 40 deceased (15,886 in total) pic.twitter.com/zYJEvww75S– Ministry of Health (@ministeriosalud) December 13, 2020
The head of the critical patient unit of Clínica Indisa, Sebastian Ugartestated that “the scenario posed by the health authority that we could reach 3,000 cases a day is getting closer and closerBut that was the most optimistic scenario, since it was considered a scenario with 6,000 cases a day and a more pessimistic one with 9,000.
However, he noted that “you do not have to rely on just one day, you have to see complete moving weeks to do an analysis, but the numbers are definitely not good“.
Regarding deaths, in the last 24 hours there were 40 dead registered in the Department of Health Statistics and Information (DEIS), reaching a total number of 15,886.
In addition, the health authority reported that there was a record number of tests of PCR with 48,054 tests carried out in the last day, surpassing the barrier of 42 thousand, and that the positivity reached 4.45 percent. “It reflects the great effort that is being made to detect new cases in time,” added Paris.
Meanwhile, there are currently 637 people in intensive care units, of which 463 are on mechanical ventilation and 58 of them in critical condition.
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