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The authorities confirmed this Monday a coronavirus outbreak in Chilean Antarctica with more than 30 infected who have already been transferred to Punta Arenas to begin their isolation.
This Monday, the seremi de Salud (s) of Magallanes, Eduardo Castillo, announced the situation of infections in Antarctica, a white continent that was free of the virus, but last week the alert of infected had already been given in officials who they had traveled to do work there.
“Of the 102 samples carried out in Villa Las Estrellas, and analyzed in Punta Arenas, there is one person positive for COVID-19, and eight people who were traced as close contacts. All of them will be transferred to Punta Arenas where they will fulfill their mandatory quarantine ”, he said.
Added that “The Chilean Army, on the 60 PCR samples analyzed in Punta Arenas from people from O’Higgins Base who arrived in the regional capital during the weekend, 36 people, between civilians and military have tested positive for coronavirus, who are conducting isolation in sanitary residences in Punta Arenas ”.
The seremi Eduardo Castillo also reported that, according to the Epivigila System, 75 new cases were reported in the Magallanes region this Monday, thus a total of 16,130 positive cases have been registered to date, reporting the death of a 91-year-old woman, thus reaching 225 deaths after the arrival of the pandemic in the area.
In addition, he realized that there are 483 active cases, and 15,417 people recover. To date, 103,366 CRP tests have been analyzed, with a cumulative positivity of the last week of 10% and daily of 9%.
The percentage of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 corresponds to 23% of the total hospitalized in the region.
Thus, the Magallanes Health Service also reported that the occupancy of critical beds is 61.1% and the occupancy of fans reaches 37.5% with 18 of these equipment in use and 30 available.
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