In the last 24 hours, Chile registered a total of 35,841 new positive cases of coronavirus and a total of 94 deaths, within the framework of the increase in infections linked to the Ómicron variant. According to the official report of the Ministry of Health of the neighboring country, this Saturday the results of 124,704 tests nationwide were announced, of which a record number of positivity of 26.79% was obtained. ” Of the 35,841 new cases of COVID-19, 20,419 are symptomatic people and 5,027 have no symptoms. In addition, a total of 10,395 positive tests were detected that were not reported,” the report states.
Source: DW
Since the beginning of the pandemic, a total of 2,582,934 people were diagnosed with coronavirus in Chile, where 2,404,031 recovered cases were registered. Meanwhile, the number of deaths in the country amounts to 40,464 deaths. So far, 790 people are hospitalized in Intensive Care Units, with a total of 629 patients requiring mechanical ventilation supports. According to official information, the regions that presented the greatest increase in cases in the last week were Los Ríos, Ñuble, Maule and La Araucanía.” We are still in a pandemic, with the Ómicron variant, and that is why it is necessary to maintain self-care measures at all times, especially on these dates in which people are with greater mobility and sharing with family and friends, “said the Minister of Health of Chile, Enrique Paris. The official stressed the importance of vaccines and recalled: “Today we have more than 40 vaccination centers available in the metropolitan region.”
