The Ministry of Health confirmed that the variation of new confirmed cases of Covid-19 nationwide is -17%, in the comparison of the last 7 days, and that – according to the calculation of Minister Enrique Paris – means that there are 8,000 fewer patients per week. In 14 days the decrease is 12%. In addition, the positivity of PCR tests fell today to 6.5% and the lethality due to coronavirus, according to the Minsal, has reached 2.08% cumulatively. And that’s not all. With regard to the contagion capacity, it has decreased to 0.96% and the rate of weekly admission to ICU admissions is negative, -0.6%, and the country – as confirmed by the undersecretary of Assistance Networks Alberto Dougnac – has 227 beds available.
All these figures, together with the successful vaccination campaign that this week will focus on the population aged 12 to 17, indicate a sign of improvement in the pandemic, however, “this should not make us think that the virus has disappeared. It goes on and on for a long time to come. And on the contrary,” said Dr. Paris, “we have to maintain sanitary measures, maintain the obligation of physical distancing, border control and require the use of masks.”
In this scenario, and with the delta variant entering England and Israel by great strides, the Health Ministry reported changes to the Step-by-Step plan that this time included a movement of 10 communes out of confinement, due to “pandemic fatigue” (due to spending more than 90 days in quarantine) and “despite the fact that conditions are not optimal.”
“There are 10 communes that have been in quarantine for more than 90 days, these three months have generated pandemic fatigue in the entire population, but particularly in those people who have been in quarantine longer, therefore, although the indicators are not optimal, we have seen a decrease in cases and a decrease in positivity in these communes” , said the undersecretary of Public Health, Paula Daza.
In the Metropolitan Region, El Bosque, Quinta Normal, La Florida, Lo Prado, Renca, San Miguel, Padre Hurtado, San Ramón, La Cisterna and Calera de Tango are out of quarantine.
And from Thursday at 5:00 am:
Yellow Land
The Vilos
Talca, Maule and Hualañé
Trehuaco and San Ignacio
Santa Barbara
Good River
Quemchi, Puyehue, Llanquihue, Purranque and Ancud
Peralillo and Coltauco
Claro and Licantén River
Araucanía Region
Lumaco, Renaico and Purén
Maria Elena
Paihuano and Vicuña
Llay-Llay
teno
Daily figures
The Ministry of Health reported 5,252 new covid-19 infections, almost a thousand fewer than last week (6,234). The total number of confirmed positives has reached 1,522,223 since the start of the pandemic.
It mourns the death of 132 people killed and reported by the DEIS. The total death toll is 31,645.
The results of 75,848 tests were reported, of which 72,479 are PCR tests. The overall number of PCR samples is 16,186,004.
As for active cases, 37,284 were reported. And available critical ICU beds also saw a spike. There are 227 unused across the country’s healthcare network.
There are currently 3,256 COVID-19 patients in the ICU, of whom 2,737 are connected to invasive mechanical ventilation.
And the health homes enabled are 207, with 7,881 users.
