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The Bío Bío region added 317 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours and assets reach 2,228.
The covid projection group of the University of Concepción insisted that a quarantine for the area before the figures that will continue to rise.
According to the latest study by the University of Concepción regarding the projections of the advance of covid-19 in the Bío Bío region, the contagion rate is above 1, that is, each patient is infecting 1.2 people.
Hospitalizations for the pandemic are skyrocketing, there are 210 ICU beds available and 189 people are occupying them, 124 of them are covid patients, as reported by the director of the Talcahuano Health Service and coordinator of the healthcare network, who added that the area has the possibility of reaching up to 250 ICU beds in a truly extreme case.
As explained by the UdeC expert, Guillermo Cabrera, a slight decrease in cases is being seen, however this is due to the fact that people consulted less in the middle of Christmas shopping and it is possible that the same happens with the New Year, although I know expect cases to rise during the first week of January.
According to the model, the average daily cases of coronavirus for this week should be close to 400. For this reason, he believes that some communes in the area should have been in total quarantine for some time.
The mayor of San Pedro de la Paz and president of the association of municipalities of Bío Bío, Audito Retamal, said that they have felt very few heard by the government in all this time of pandemic.
As detailed by the head of public health of the Health Department, Cecilia Soto, so far no serious adverse reactions have been registered in people who were vaccinated during the weekend, of the more than 2 thousand vaccines were applied, only one had very minor complications.
The authorities also reported that transfers to Santiago of covid patients rose to 110, which accounts for the serious regional situation regarding the disease.
Check out the full report from the UdeC projections team:
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