translated from Spanish: ICovid report says wave of contagion “stabilizes on critical level” and with “very high” hospital occupation

This day the ICovid Report, prepared by the universities of Chile, De Concepción and Católica, based on public data from the ministries of Health and Science and Technology, said that the wave of contagions of Covid-19 stabilized at a critical level and with a “very high” hospital occupation. The study house report raised a slight drop, close to 1.2% of daily cases, leading to national stabilization of around 35-40 cases per day per 100,000 inhabitants. All regions, said the report have their load rate at a critical level, being Magellan, La Araucanía, Arica and Parinacota and Antofagasta the highest. ICovid also noted that “early confirmation of cases (within three days from the date of onset of symptoms) to the health authority has shown a 47% decrease in achievement at the end of February to 40 the third week of March.” Since the end of last month, however, there has been a reversal of the decrease and in the first two weeks of April 60% of PCR test results were achieved within one day from notification as a suspected case in the Epivigila network. On critical bed occupancy, the report says it remains at a system saturation level, with a value of 96.3%. The report said there was a drop in the proportion of ICU beds occupied by people over the age of 70 and increased growth in ICU hospitalizations in people under the age of 50.

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