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This morning before the delivery of the daily Covid balance from La Moneda, the Minister of Health Enrique Paris warned “the worrying situation” that lives currently the country product of the coronavirus. As he indicated, “only 5 regions of the country fell” and infections increased in 11 regions.
The postivity of the PCR at the national level, he added, is 5%.
“We also observe an increase in effective R, which is the index of the contagion capacity of a person infected with the coronavirus, “he said. Since the end of October, he indicated, the effective R “has increased enormously” in the Metropolitan Region.
“Ideally, it is under 1, that gives us assurance that the transmission is not as active.” Currently, that indicator is at 1.14. “That is worrisome,” warned the authority.
In addition to this, he added, there is a clear increase in active cases that is observed in some municipalities of the RM between November 15 and December 9.
“These are very worrying figures and the authorities must understand that we are facing a risky situation“, He warned, reiterating that the decisions they make” are against data. “
“Today the data show us that MRI is at a critical level And it’s growing at a level we haven’t seen in a long time. Decisions must be taken now to stop the spread of the virus, “he said.
During the balance, several changes were announced in the Step by Step plan, with the communes of the regions of Coquimbo, Biobío and Los Ríos retreating phase.
Regarding the balance, today 1,662 new cases of coronavirus were reported, of which 1,128 correspond to cases with symptoms, 517 to asymptomatic cases and 17 are unreported cases.
The laboratories, for their part, reported the performance of 32,509 PCR tests on the last day, with what was achieved a positivity of 5.11%.
Thus, the total number of cases in the country amounts to 566,440. Active cases, that is, those people who are in a stage where they can spread the virus, amounted to 10,057, thus exceeding 10 thousand cases.
At regional level, Biobío registered a record of infections, registering the highest number so far with 407 new cases. MRI follows with 373 cases and Los Lagos with 214. In terms of active cases, the RM leads in this index, with 2,450 of this type of cases, followed by Biobío with 2,145.
As for those recovered, they are encrypted at 540,288.
On the other hand, regarding deaths, 84 deaths were reported, With what the number of deaths due to the virus since the arrival of the pandemic rises to 15,774.
Of the patients, there are 671 people hospitalized in intensive care units, of which 498 are on mechanical ventilation and 69 are critically ill.
According to the report, there are a total of 287 fans available.
