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“We are concerned about the increase in cases”, warned the Minister of Health, Enrique Paris, in the middle of the delivery of a new balance on the evolution of the pandemic in the country. In the instance, the health authorities reported 1,718 new cases of coronavirus, the highest number in three weeks.
Concern seconded by the Undersecretary of Public Health, Paula Daza. “In recent weeks we have had an increase in cases and we are facing a complex situation in the southern regions, but also in the Metropolitan Region, that in the last months it had advanced positively, until the last week we have seen an increase (of infections) in some of the communes ”.
In that sense, he emphasized that “we cannot lower our arms “, and reinforced the call to respect both sanitary restrictions and self-care recommendations.
Thus, in relation to the balance, the Undersecretary of Healthcare Networks, Alberto Dougnac, reported that of the new cases confirmed in the last day, 1,133 are symptomatic, 575 had no symptoms, and 10 have not yet been reported.
With this, the total number of positives detected since March in the country amounted to 548,941, with 523,792 cases recovered and 9,519 active, the highest number since last October 26.
On the other hand, according to data from the Department of Health Statistics and Information (DEIS), 44 new deaths were reported from the virus, totaling 15,322 deaths nationwide.
Regarding the situation of the health network, there are currently 703 patients hospitalized in intensive care units (ICU), 554 of them with mechanical ventilation and 65 in critical condition.
Finally, Dougnac explained that 39,462 PCR tests were carried out in the last day and, with this, the total of tests reported in the country exceeded 5.2 million.
