Minsal reports 5 thousand new cases of Covid-19 for the second consecutive day and three regions registered a record of infections

For the second consecutive day, daily cases of coronavirus reported by the Ministry of Health They exceeded five thousand and three regions again registered a record of infections: Valparaíso, Biobío and Los Ríos.

In the last day, 5,037 new positives were confirmed at the national level -288 less than yesterday, which was the highest figure in eight months-. Of these, 3,508 were symptomatic cases, 1,279 were asymptomatic and 250 were not reported.

“The number of adults (infected) has been increasing significantly”, Warned the Undersecretary of Assistance Networks, Alberto Dougnac, who reinforced the call to maintain self-care measures.

The Metropolitan Region once again exceeded a thousand new positives (1,330), concentrating the largest amount at the national level, and In just three days it has confirmed 4,069 cases.

On the other hand, maximum figures were recorded in three regions: Valparaíso reported 428 new infections, Biobío, 763 and Los Ríos accounted for 377 people infected in the last day. Since the beginning of 2021, 9 of the 16 regions have marked daily case peaks.

So far in March, confirmed infections add up 24,811 And, since the start of the pandemic, in March 2020, 850,483 cases of Covid-19 have been diagnosed and 801,537 people have recovered from the disease.

Active cases, meanwhile, increased again and reached 27,523 on this day, higher than the 27,317 reported yesterday.

On the other hand, according to the Department of Health Statistics and Information (DEIS), Another 80 deaths associated with the virus were reported and a total of 21,008 nationwide.

Actually 1,754 people are hospitalized in Intensive Care Units (ICU) and 1,521 of them are supported by mechanical ventilation.

59,191 PCR examinations were performed in the last hours (9.6 million tests in total), which resulted in a 8.42% daily positivity nationwide.