This morning, the Minister of Health, Enrique Paris, together with the Undersecretary of Assistance Networks, Arturo Zúñiga and the Undersecretary of Public Health, Paula Daza, announced the evolution of the coronavirus in the country.
In this regard, the minister indicated, prior to the delivery of the figures, that as a government they were aware that some regions have had changes and a higher incidence of cases, such as Magallanes, Atacama, Tarapacá and also La Araucanía.
“However, the national incidence is 78 per 100,000 inhabitants nationwide,” he said. “We do not ignore the reality of the regions, and we are very concerned about them, however here we must recognize that other regions have very good variations,” he said.
In addition to this, the positivity of the PCR tests also stood out, specifically in the Metropolitan Region.
“It has decreased from 38% on June 12 to 5.2% on August 21”, Held. As indicated, the World Health Organization recognizes a positivity of 5% as acceptableTherefore, “we are missing very little,” he added.
Regarding the number of PCR positivity in the country, the daily figure is 6.7%, while the total reaches 18.38%.
“In addition, between June 21 and August 16, we have dramatically increased the number of PCR tests in MRI. We are currently doing 137 thousand tests per million inhabitants in the RM, much more than countries like New Zealand or Germany ”, he indicated.
Regarding the daily balance, it was reported that In the last 24 hours, 1,920 new cases were registered, of which 1,328 correspond to cases with symptoms, 453 are asymptomatic cases and 496 are unreported cases.
This is the third day in a row that registers an increase in daily new cases.
With this, the total number of cases in the country is 393,769. From this figure, 15,149 are active persons and 367,897 are recovered.
Regarding the deceased, it was indicated that 52 deaths were recorded as reported by the Department of Statistics and Health Information of Minsal (Deis).
Thus, the total number of deaths in the country from Covid-19 is 10,723.
About the patients, it was indicated, 1,072 were hospitalized, of which 781 are on mechanical ventilation and 174 are in critical condition.
With regard to mechanical ventilation equipment, there are 550 available, said the undersecretary.
Regarding the laboratories, Zúñiga indicated that 28,669 PCR tests were performed in the last 24 hours, thus reaching a total of 2,142,301 tests.
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