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The last ICovid report revealed a increase in the number of cases new weekly average per 100,000 inhabitants, and the critical moment that is being lived in the Magallanes Region.
According to the data in this latest report, at the national level there is a deterioration in the evolution of the pandemic of Covid-19 in the last week, with the virus transmission indicator (R) in red, suggesting the need to reinforce control measures.
In the testing dimension, in the indicator of positivity, the report reports that the national average value remains around 6 and 7 percent, following the trend observed since mid-August, with the Tarapacá and Aysén regions being the only exceptions in the country.
Alarms in the south
In the case of the last region of the country, a disease burden of 102 new cases daily on a weekly average per 100,000 inhabitants.
However, it is estimated that the load is probably higher than detected, as this region shows a very high PCR test positivity rate, around 30 percent average in the last week (positivity is critical for values above 10 percent).
In this sense, the academic and public health researcher at the School of Government of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Eduardo Undurraga, stated that Magallanes remains the region of greatest concern at the national level.
“Although it does not show a statistically significant increase in cases compared to the previous week, the region has been in the red since the end of July,” he warned.
“Magellan currently shows a very high load of infected people and a high rate of positivity during the last week. This high positivity suggests that there are probably numerous infected people in the city of Magallanes who are not being detected by the health system, and the situation is more critical than the numbers indicate “, argument.
The report also notes that “the epidemic in the regions of Atacama, Coquimbo and Biobío, which maintain a high burden of disease. And we see worrying trend changes in La Araucanía, Los Ríos and Los Lagos, which could result in an increase in the epidemic in that area of the country, if precautions are not taken and measures to control the virus are reinforced. “
