Minister Paris clarifies the increase in covid infections in the MRI: it was not 45% but 8%

“In the last 7 days, and this deeply worries us, the Metropolitan Region increases its cases by 45%.” This was the beginning of the balance that the Minister of Health, Enrique Paris.

Long faces in La Moneda after this alert figure about the coronavirus in Santiago.

But minutes later, it was the same minister who clarified the figure via Twitter: “Reinforce that the increase in new cases due to # Covid19 in the Metropolitan Region, reported today, corresponds to 8%, during the last 7 days.”

Reinforce that the increase in new cases by # COVID-19 in the Metropolitan Region, informed today,
corresponds to 8% during the last 7 days. pic.twitter.com/PURfmjiuKV

– Dr. Enrique Paris M. (@DrEnriqueParis) December 30, 2020