Chile adds 151 deaths and 30,398 new Covid-19 infections: active cases are close to 130 thousand

Chile adds 151 deaths and 30,398 new Covid-19 infections: active cases are close to 130 thousand

The Ministry of Health (Minsal) confirmed 30,398 new cases of Covid-19, with a positivity rate of 26.29% in the last 24 hours nationwide, with 107,132 exams, PCR and antigen tests. Likewise, the daily positivity in the Metropolitan Region is 19.72%.

According to the Minsal, the variation of new confirmed cases at the national level is -8% and 20% for the comparison with the previous 7 and 14 days, respectively. Meanwhile, 12 regions decrease their new cases in the last seven days and 5 do so in the last two weeks.

The Minister of Health, Enrique Paris, highlighted that, “with the figures for this Sunday, the total number of new confirmed cases in the last 7 days stands at 215,965. This implies 19,390 fewer positive diagnoses than the accumulated figure for the previous week. This drop in total weekly cases compared to the previous 7 days was not seen since late December of last year,” he said.

Of the 30,398 new cases registered today, 30% are diagnosed by antigen tests, 40% originate from Active Case Search (BAC) and 19% of those reported are asymptomatic. As for the Metropolitan Region, it presents 25% due to antigen, 32% due to BAC and 16% of the notified cases are asymptomatic.

In another aspect of the balance, the Minister of Health highlighted that “today we have a positivity of 26.29% at the national level, being slightly lower than that registered last Sunday, which corresponded to 26.53%. It is important to point out that since month of December that there was no daily positivity lower than that reported on the same day of the previous week”.

In this line, according to sample collection, the regions with the highest average positivity of cases by PCR in the last week are Ñuble, Los Ríos, La Araucanía and Biobío.

Meanwhile, the Los Ríos region has the highest current incidence rate per 100,000 inhabitants, followed by the Aysén, Atacama and Biobío regions.

To conclude, the Secretary of State emphasized the fundamentals of completing the vaccination process with a booster dose and a fourth dose, as appropriate, for the population “the vaccination schedule continues tomorrow, Monday, with the fourth dose for people 55 years of age and older who have received their booster dose until August 29, 2021, and in relation to the booster dose, all those who have completed their vaccination schedule with their two doses until October 24 can receive it.

According to today’s report, of the 30,398 new cases of Covid-19, 17,769 correspond to symptomatic people and 4,280 have no symptoms. In addition, 8,349 Positive PCR tests were registered that were not notified.

The total number of people who have been diagnosed with Covid-19 in the country reaches 2,851,382 Of that total, 129,581 patients are in the active stage. The recovered cases are 2,673,145.

Regarding deaths, according to the information provided by the DEIS, in the last 24 hours, 151 deaths were reported due to causes associated with Covid-19. The total number of deceased amounts to 41,347 in the country.

To date, 1,008 Covid-19 patients are hospitalized in Intensive Care Units, which represents 46% of the total occupancy of ICU beds. Of these, 829 are supported by mechanical ventilation. In relation to the Integrated Health Network, there are a total of 209 critical beds available for the patient who requires it, regardless of the region where they are located.

Regarding the Laboratory Network and diagnostic capacity, the results of 107,132 PCR tests and antigen tests were reported yesterday, reaching a total of 32,267,018 analyzed nationwide to date. The positivity for the last 24 hours at the country level is 26.29% and in the Metropolitan Region it is 19.72%.

Regarding the Sanitary Residences, we have 44 accommodation facilities, with a total of 4,267 beds. The actual occupancy at the national level is 48%, leaving a total of 1,711 beds available for use.



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