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The Ministry of Health (Minsal) delivered a new report on the situation of the coronavirus in the country until 9:00 pm on Tuesday, in which 2,660 new cases were recorded, of which 2,152 are symptomatic and 508 asymptomatic.
Specifically, this Wednesday’s report sets a new record for daily cases, far exceeding the 1,658 record in the balance of yesterday.
According to what was reported by the Minister of Health, Jaime Mañalich, to date there are 14,865 “recovered” and 19,170 active cases, so that the total number of cases reaches 34,381 since the start of the pandemic.
“We are having demand in various areas of the country and we are making an additional effort to ensure that the country’s hospital network continues to be able to care for all those who need it,” he said.
Meanwhile, 12 new dead, the second highest daily record in Chile for the second consecutive day, although it did not specify this time where the deceased came from.
The maximum of 13 deaths has been reached 3 times: on April 22, May 2 and May 3. Thus, those killed in Chile by the virus already number 347 people.
By region, as is already known, by far the majority of new cases are concentrated in the Metropolitan (2,256), followed by far by Antofagasta (107), Valparaíso (94), Tarapacá (37), Los Lagos (34) and Bío Bio (33).
As a result of this scenario, the holder of the portfolio announced total quarantine for Greater Santiago, in addition to the communes of San Bernardo, Buin, Puente Alto, Padre Hurtado, Lampa and Colina, the largest containment area that has been decreed since the beginning of the arrival of the coronavirus pandemic in the country.
Likewise, a total quarantine was also ordered for all people aged 75 and over starting next Friday across the country.
In sum, since the start of the pandemic, a total of 313,750 have been made, of which 10,410 were carried out in the last 24 hours.
According to Minsal, to date there are 538 patients connected to mechanical ventilation and 118 in critical condition due to Covid-19.
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