With another 26 dead, Chile once again exceeds the dramatic record and borders the 40 thousand total infections | National



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The Ministry of Health (Minsal) delivered a new report on the situation of the coronavirus in the country until 9:00 pm on Thursday, in which 2,502 new cases were recorded, of which 2,112 are symptomatic and 390 are asymptomatic.

Specifically, this Friday’s report maintains the rise in daily cases that had been registered since Wednesday above the 2,500 infected.

According to what was reported by the Undersecretary of Health, Paula Daza, to date there are 16,114 “recovered” and 22,534 assets, so that the total number of cases reaches 39,542 since the start of the pandemic.

Likewise, the record of deceased patients with 26 deaths was again exceeded this Friday, the highest daily number so far and over the 22 deceased on Thursday. Thus, official figures reach 394 deaths in Chile.

By region, as is already known, by far the majority of new cases are concentrated in the Metropolitan (2,060), followed by far by Valparaíso (99), Tarapacá (97), Antofagasta (54), Bío Bío (41), Ñuble (36), O’Higgins (28), La Araucanía (28) and Maule (21).

Meanwhile, to date, 341,347 PCR tests have been carried out, of which 16,095 have been carried out in the last 24 hours, a record figure as required by the Undersecretary of Assistance Networks, Arturo Zuñiga.

So far, in addition, there are 711 ICU patients, 584 patients connected to mechanical ventilation and 124 in critical condition due to Covid-19. While 1,493 fans are busy and 419 fans remain available. Although the situation is particularly worrying in the Metropolitan region, where there is already 90% network occupancy.



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