This Wednesday, the Chilean Ministry of Health released the balance of the epidemiological situation with regard to Covid-19 and reported that new cases had grown by 28 percent over the past week.
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On Tuesday, 4,803 infections were detected for a cumulative total of 3,834,020 and 10 deaths were recorded, for a total of 58,119 deaths since the beginning of the epidemic in the country in March 2020.
In addition, the health entity stressed that the variance of new confirmed cases at the national level is 28 and 44 percent for a comparison of seven and 14 days, respectively.
He also clarified that there is no region whose injuries have decreased in the past seven or fourteen days. “According to the collection of samples, the regions that recorded the highest positive levels in the past week are Valparaíso, O’Higgins, Metropolitana and Coquimbo,” the ministry explained in its report.
The Atacama region has the highest infection rate per 100,000 inhabitants, along with Valparaíso, Coquimbo and Metropolitana.
In fact, there are 40,862 people. About 159 people are in intensive care, 100 of whom are supported by mechanical ventilation. Calculating the refund amount is 3,733,020.
As of June 13, Chile has administered 58229,044 doses of antiviral vaccines, according to the Department of Health Statistics and Information. Of a total of 15,200,840 subjects aged 18 years and over, 13,915,308 received the first dose, 13,699,706 received the second dose, and 574,702 received a single dose.
93.91 percent of the population (14,274,408) completed the single- and second-dose vaccination schedule, while 95.32 percent (14,490,010) received a single and priority dose.
Chile is among the Latin American countries with the highest deaths from the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. Their records were surpassed only by Brazil, Argentina, Colombia and Mexico.
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