Coronavirus: Santiago and Puente Alto exceed a thousand infections and the ten communes with the highest number of new cases are from the Metropolitan Region



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Santiago and Puente Alto exceeded a thousand cases of coronavirus, according to the latest epidemiological report from Minsal. In the first, 314 new cases were registered, totaling 1,294, while in the second, 240 new cases were recorded, reaching 1,129. The above reflects that in Santiago cases increased 32.04% and in Puente Alto 27%.

In the report, where symptomatic and asymptomatic cases are added, it is noted that the ten communes with the highest number of new cases are from the Metropolitan Region. These are Santiago, Puente Alto, Recoleta, Independencia, La Florida, Quilicura, Cerrillos, San Bernardo, Conchalí and Central Station.

Thus, 8 of the 10 communes that have more than 500 cases are in the capital, the exceptions being Temuco (683 cases) and Punta Arenas (744). Fifty-five communes in Chile have more than 100 cases and 37 of them in the Metropolitan Region.

Along these lines, Santiago also exceeds 600 active cases, with 608 in total. Puente Alto, which is also the commune that follows it in that category, has 398.

The municipality where La Moneda is also located It tripled its active cases in about a week, since the April 28 report had 203 cases.

Likewise, Alhué continues to be the only commune in the MR that continues to register no cases of coronavirus.



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