translated from Spanish: Covid-19 report: daily contagions drop from three thousand and 43 deaths are recorded in the last day

The Ministry of Health reported on Sunday about 2,289 new cases of Covid-19 in Chile of which 1,492 correspond to symptomatic people and 753 have no symptoms. In addition, 44 PCR Positive tests were recorded and were not reported.
The total number of people who have been diagnosed with Covid-19 in the country reaches 618,191. And of that total 16,620 patients are in the active stage. The cases recovered are 584,457.
As for the deaths, according to information provided by the Department of Statistics and Health Information (DEIS), in the last 24 hours there were 43 deaths from covid-19-associated causes. The total number of deaths is 16,767 in the country.
The Minister of Health, Enrique Paris, noted that of the new cases recorded today, “31% originate by Active Case Search (BAC) and 34% of those reported are asymptomatic. As for the Metropolitan Region, it has 25% per BAC and 36% of reported cases are asymptomatic.”
The authority also stated that the variation in new confirmed cases is 24% in the last seven days, while in the last two weeks, this variation reaches 30%.
“Only one region has decreased its new cases in the last seven days, so we need to reiterate the importance of not relaxing self-care measures. Handwashing, masking and physical estating remain the way we have to protect ourselves from coronavirus,” Dr Paris said.
The minister recalled that next week the second stage of the vaccination process begins “and that fills us with hope.” However, he added, “we still have a long way to go in managing the pandemic, so we must not lower our arms.”
To date, 781 people are hospitalized in Intensive Care Units, of which 614 are with mechanical ventilation support and 62 are in critical health.
In relation to the Integrated Health Network, there are a total of 307 fans available to the patient who requires it, regardless of the region where they are located.
Regarding the Laboratory Network and diagnostic capacity, yesterday the results of 29,784 PCR tests were reported, reaching a total of 6,577,973 tests analyzed nationally.
The number of Health Residences available is 137 with 9,606 seats. Today they have 4,277 users considering all regions of the country. For more information, people can call Fono 800 726 666.

Original source in Spanish