translated from Spanish: ICovid warned of deaths of people over 70 and said it “contrasts” with improvement in global indicators

The ICovid report carried out by the universities of Chile, Católica and De Concepción, with data from the Ministries of Health and Science and Technology, warned of a complex situation of the pandemic in the elderly, which contrasts with an improvement in global indicators. The document reported that in the week of June 13 to 19, 1,016 deaths from COVID-19 were recorded, of which 631 were in the group of 70 years or more and 299 in the segment between 50 and 69 years, a situation that was considered as worrying, in a group that has a high coverage in vaccination. The report reported a decrease of 36% in the last 15 days of the national load, although it warned that the “traffic light in all regions is still red”, and that the areas with the highest loads in the last 7 days were Los Ríos, Aysén, Arica and Parinacota and Atacama.In addition, the lowest value of the transmission rate since the beginning of the pandemic was reported. , and noted that in this indicator four regions showed a relatively low indicator: Coquimbo, Valparaiso, Metropolitana and O’Higgins. ICovid also highlighted an improvement since the end of March in the traceability indicator and that positivity remained around 10% in the last week. He also reported a high occupancy of critical beds nationwide, which he said, however, showed early signs of decline early last week. 

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