With a total of 1,576 new confirmed infections Y 9,311 active cases, the covid-19 figures remain practically unchanged compared to the previous day. A similar situation occurs with the deceased, who when registering 44 new deaths, already raises 14,543 people who have lost their lives in our country due to the pandemic.
However, the positivity rate dropped to 3.75%, thanks to a record number of exams taken in the last 24 hours, with 42.071 PCR test.
With this, a total of 4,583,940 tests have been reached since the start of the health emergency, with 11.37% positivity for our country.
Meanwhile, to date 735 people are hospitalized in ICU units, of which 586 are on mechanical ventilation and 105 are in critical health. In the same way, there are a total of 345 ventilators available in the health network nationwide.
Meanwhile, the Minsal reported that the regions with the highest increase in new confirmed cases are Los Ríos, Bío Bío, La Araucanía and Magallanes. The Magallanes region continues to show a significant decrease in the incidence rate per 100 thousand inhabitants, but it continues to be the highest in the country.