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The Ministry of Health published this Saturday the 58th epidemiological report, prepared by the Department of Statistics and Information (DEIS), which includes, in addition to the fatal victims with positive PCR, also the suspects awaiting a result.
According to the DEIS; the total sum would reach 17,956 deaths, considering that 13,272 were reported by the Ministry of Health in the daily report this Saturday and 4,684 are still awaiting confirmation of PCR.
This gives an observed rate per hundred thousand inhabitants of 92.28 at the national level, and an age and sex-adjusted rate of 57.71.
According to the report, the Metropolitan Region maintains the highest accumulated mortality rate per 100,000 inhabitants, 150.9. They are followed by Antofagasta (98.4) and Magallanes (87.5), adding confirmed and probable deaths.
On the other hand, the regions with the lowest rates are Aysén (5.6) and Los Ríos (12.8), followed by Los Lagos (23.6), La Araucanía (28.8) and Atacama (33.4 ).
Regarding infections, the DEIS report indicates that 541,051 cases of coronavirus have accumulated (461,524 with laboratory confirmation and 63,282 probable, without laboratory confirmation) until October 8, 2020.
See the full report here.
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