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The pandemic of coronavirus (COVID-19 is still present in the country and ended the year 2020 with the number of infected cases on the rise, as detailed in Epidemiological Report number 82 prepared by the Ministry of Health (Minsal), and which consolidates the information from Epivigila Until december 31.
According to this document, from the beginning of the pandemic until the end of 2020, there have been 698,047 cases of Covid-19, of which 612,564 have laboratory confirmation, and 85,483 are considered “probable”, since they do not have a test to confirm the diagnosis. Meanwhile, the rate corresponds to 3,587.4 per 100 thousand inhabitants.
During the afternoon of this Saturday, the Minsal announced a series of changes in the so-called Step by Step Plan, announcing that 21 communes of the Metropolitan Region will advance to the Preparation stage, this despite the fact that the Complete MRI is considered one of the three with the highest incidence rate, being surpassed by Magallanes and Tarapacá.
For the third consecutive day, infections by Covid-19 exceeded 3,000 in Chile, reaching a total of 615,902 since the start of the pandemic
Minsal reported 64 deaths from Covid-19 in Chile, reaching a total of 16,724 since the start of the pandemic in the country
The 10 communes with the most active cases
Meanwhile, when reviewing the detail of the Minsal report, the communes with the most active cases of coronavirus, that is, they have confirmed or probable infections from the date of onset of symptoms, notification, or sampling less than or equal to 11 days until December 31, only one of the MRI appears.
- Montt port: 681 active cases
- Iquique: 568 active cases
- Antofagasta: 511 active cases
- Chillán: 501 active cases
- High Bridge: 487 active cases
- Curico: 453 active cases
- Conception: 444 active cases
- Temuco: 413 active cases
- Valdivia: 408 active cases
- Punta Arenas: 401 active cases
For its part, the commune of Santiago appears in 14th place, with 309 active cases.
Step by Step Plan: 21 municipalities of the RM advance to the Preparation stage from this Monday, January 4
Minsal announced that 15 communes of regions back down in the Step by Step Plan on Monday: eight return to Quarantine
