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The Ministry of Health reported this Saturday that more than 3,800 people tested positive for covid-19 in the last 24 hours, with another 77 lives lost due to the pandemic.
Is about 3,893 new cases, which brings the total to 795,845 people who have tested positive since the virus arrived in the country. Of these, 22,438 are considered active (or contagious).
At the regional level, the Metropolitan region leads the number of new infections (without considering the population variable), with 806 cases, followed by the Bío Bío with 541 and Araucanía with 359
The region of Valparaiso, meanwhile, showed 348 additional infections, the highest at the local level in a month, and elevated for the second consecutive day, considering that yesterday he scored 338.
Meanwhile, it was reported the death of 77 other people due to covid-19 with laboratory confirmation, so there are already 19,974 deaths, according to that criterion.
Regarding hospital occupation, there are currently 1,574 patients admitted to the ICU, 1,382 of them with mechanical ventilation support. Nationwide, 240 critical beds remain available.
In the last 24 hours, 51,953 PCR tests were processed, so the country average positivity reached 7.49%.
Regarding vaccination, there are already 2,827,091 people inoculated with the first dose and 55,242 who have received both doses.
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