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The Ministry of Health reported this Monday 1,545 new positive cases of Coronavirus in Chile and a total of 41 deceased people.
In the daily balance, Undersecretary Arturo Zúñiga specified that there are currently 14,608 active in the country that has already counted, since the beginning of the pandemic, a total of 493,305 infections.
The deceased, meanwhile, added 41 more deaths totaling 13,676 deaths.
In the Metropolitan Region, for the first time, positivity reached 3 percent while at the national level it reached 4.9 percent.
Minister @DrEnriqueParis
“The active search for cases reaches 28% of the cases and a positivity of 4.9% at the national level and for the first time in the MRI of 3%”. pic.twitter.com/GD8fb66PED
– Ministry of Health (@ministeriosalud) October 19, 2020
Six communes in “Initial Opening”
Meanwhile, in the Metropolitan Region, six communes advanced to “Initial Opening”: Til til, María Pinto, San Pedro, Curacaví, Pirque and Colina.
The mayor of Colina, Mario Olavarría (UDI), was satisfied with the phase in which his commune is. “We hope this Step by Step keep being forward and we don’t have to go back“.
“It is a call to all the neighbors to take care of ourselves. As of after the week of the plebiscite, the fourth half schools enter classes“said the health authority.
Likewise, the Undersecretary of Public Health, Paula Daza, explained that “the restaurants will be able to open with 50 percent capacity, also they will be able to operate the gyms always keeping common places closed, such as dressing rooms“.
“The cinemas are going to start operating, maintaining a 50 percent capacity“he added.
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