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The iCovid report this week reveals that the Magallanes region shows worrying indicators and above the rest of the country in several dimensions, also worrying Atacama, Coquimbo and Bío Bío, where a high burden of disease persists.
According to the data in this latest report, at the national level A deterioration in the evolution of the covid-19 pandemic is observed in the last week, with the virus transmission indicator (R) in red, which suggests the need to reinforce control measures.
The report indicates that Magallanes is the most critical area, showing a disease burden of 102 new cases per day on a weekly average per 100,000 inhabitants.
“The load is also probably greater than that detected, since this region shows a very high rate of positivity of PCR tests, around 30% average in the last week (positivity is critical for values over 10%)”, he indicates the notice.
According to the report, both the load and transmission indicators have worsened, showing a significant increase at the national level during the last week, topping 1.1 (1.06-1.17) on September 25.
This is the highest value since the end of May. In general, Tarapacá and Aysén show an improvement although not significant, while Magallanes, Los Lagos, Arica and Parinacota, Atacama and Los Ríos show worrying values.
In relation to traceability, the two indicators that compose it (early consultation and average laboratory times) show ranges at the national level around 50%, somewhat lower than that observed in the previous report. Early confirmation remains at around 40%.
In terms of hospital capacity, the new report indicates that the cases of Antofagasta, O’Higgins and Bío Bío are worrisome, whose use of ICU beds has been between 80% and 90%, maintaining an average transmission indicator above 1 and a load about 10 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
“This indicator shows worrying levels of average weekly occupancy in Antofagasta (88%), O’Higgins (87%), Bío Bío (86%), and Valparaíso (81%). We see an increase in occupancy in La Araucanía in the last week (from 69% on September 19 to 81% on September 24), ”says the new report.
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