Covid-19 balance: Chile reports 1,773 new infections and 52 deaths from Covid-19



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The Ministry of Health reported 1,773 new infections from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, reaching a total of 498,906 cases and 52 deaths registered in the Department of Health Statistics and Information.

Of the 1,773 new infections, 1,160 are cases with symptoms and 548 asymptomatic, while 29 were not notified, reaching a total of 498,906 and 13,635 assets.

Regarding deaths, 52 new deaths were reported, which reaches the total number of 13,844 deaths.

“The variation of new confirmed cases at the national level decreases 12 percent for the last 14 days,” explained the Minister of Health, Enrique Paris, and pointed out that seven regions lowered the number of cases in the last seven days and 13 of them in the last 14 days.

“The positivity rate in the last 24 hours is 4.75 percent and the average of the last seven days reaches 5 percent, “he said.

Regions with The largest increase in new confirmed cases are Ñuble, O’Higgins, Los Ríos and Los LagosMeanwhile, Magallanes continues to show a decrease in the incidence rate per 100,000 inhabitants, but it continues to be the highest in the country.

In addition, the Minsal reported that there are currently 759 people hospitalized, 610 of them on mechanical ventilation and 91 in critical condition.



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