– Health authorities announced that 42 communes will go back to phase 1 this week, half of them belonging to the Metropolitan Region. In addition, on the weekend of March 27 and 28, the individual travel permit will be suspended.
An increase of 17% in the variation of new confirmed cases at the national level was registered in the last week, while in the last 14 days, the figure was 36%, informed the Minister of Health, Enrique Paris, during the balance of the coronavirus situation in the country.
Given the increase in cases we are experiencing, the authority called for stricter self-care measures. “We are starting a very complex week from the health point of view and we are required to continue maintaining health measures to prevent the spread of the virus. I want to insist on family gatherings, where you have to maintain physical distancing, insist on hand washing, not sharing glasses, utensils, and the most useful thing to avoid spreading by droplets is still the mask, “he said.
The Undersecretary of Public Health, Paula Daza, explained that during the weekend more than 50 thousand inspections were carried out and more than 2,100 health summaries were carried out, of which, more than 1,700 correspond to people and 40% were carried out on schedule curfew. In this context, the authority announced that on March 27 and 28 the individual travel permit will be suspended, since it is necessary to reduce mobility. “Today we are experiencing a complex situation in our country. We have seen a significant increase in the number of cases in some communes. We have many communes that are in quarantine, more than 90% of the population is in transition, and we need to control the pandemic, and for this, we need to reduce mobility, ”explained the undersecretary, emphasizing that the rest of the permits are maintained.
In addition, it was announced that the time band Choose Living Healthy will run from 06:00 to 09:00 hours only during weekends and holidays. For the rest of the week, it remains between 07:00 and 08:30 hours.
Vaccination campaign
Minister Paris stressed that yesterday, Sunday, the country received two million doses of vaccine against COVID-19, from China, which were received by the health authorities, in the company of the embassy of that country and the Chilean Foreign Ministry . With this amount, Chile already has 11,971,476 doses of Sinovac, and 1,096,875 from the Pfizer-BioNTech laboratory.
Until 12 noon this Thursday, the number of people vaccinated with the first dose amounts to 5,642,004, of which 2,834,125 correspond to people over 60 years of age.
Step by Step Plan Measures
The Undersecretary of Public Health, Paula Daza, announced the following modifications to the Step-by-Step Plan, which will take effect from Thursday, March 25 at 05:00 hours:
Advancing to Transition: El Quisco, Catemu (Valparaíso Region); Las Cabras (O’Higgins Region); Quemchi and Palena (Los Lagos Region).
Advance to Preparation: Tierra Amarilla (Atacama Region); Andacollo (Coquimbo Region); and Vichuquén (Maule Region).
They go back to Transition: Putaendo (Valparaíso Region); Codegua, Mostazal (O’Higgins Region); Cobquecura, El Carmen, Quirihue (Ñuble Region); and Nacimiento (Biobío Region).
They go back to Quarantine: Illapel (Coquimbo Region); Cabildo, Limache, La Cruz, La Calera (Valparaíso Region); Cerro Navia, Maipú, Lo Espejo, La Reina, Macul, San Joaquín, El Monte, Melipilla, Central Station, San Pedro, Peñalolén, La Pintana, Independencia, Puente Alto, Ñuñoa ,, San Bernardo, Pirque, Pedro Aguirre Cerda, Pudahuel , La Granja, Peñaflor (Metropolitan Region); Olivar, Graneros, Rancagua (O’Higgins Region); Rauco, San Javier, Yerbas Buenas, San Clemente, Maule (Maule Region); San Carlos, Pinto, Quillón (Ñuble Region); Santa Juana, Laja, Yumbel (Biobío Region); Puyehue and Quinchao (Los Lagos Region).
COVID-19 report
The Undersecretary of Assistance Networks, Alberto Dougnac, reported that in the last 24 hours 6,155 new cases of COVID-19 have been registered, of which 4,142 correspond to symptomatic people and 1,547 do not present symptoms.
The total number of people who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the country reaches 938,094. Of this total, 38,024 patients are in the active stage. The recovered cases are 877,189.
Regarding deaths, according to the information provided by the DEIS, there were 80 deaths from causes associated with COVID-19. The total number of deaths is 22,359 in the country.
To date, 2,269 people are hospitalized in Intensive Care Units, of which 1,973 are on mechanical ventilation support.
In relation to the Integrated Health Network, we can report that there is a total of 177 critical beds available.
Regarding the Laboratory Network and diagnostic capacity, yesterday the results of 75,880 PCR tests were reported, reaching to date a total of 10,644,892 analyzed nationwide. The positivity for the last 24 hours at the country level is 7.92% and in the Metropolitan Region it is 7%.
The number of Health Residences available is 175 with 12,809 places. As of today, they have 7,025 users considering all regions of the country. For more information, people who do not have the conditions to carry out an effective quarantine at home and need to move to a Sanitary Residence, can call 800 726 666 or enter the website of the Ministry of Health, www.minsal.cl .
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