On Wednesday morning, the authorities of the Ministry of Health made a new balance related to the advance of the Covid-19 pandemic that is currently affecting the country, in which, for the third consecutive day, a figure of less than two thousand new infections was reported.
As usually happens on Wednesdays, modifications to the restrictive measures that have been decreed in the areas most affected by the advance of the coronavirus were also announced.
In this way, the Minister of Health Enrique Paris, He reported that Eight communes in which there are currently quarantines will transition: Tocopilla, Lampa, Curacaví, Melipilla, Graneros, Machalí, Rancagua and Providencia. Said determination shall take effect from next Monday at 5.00 am.
The latter was one of the main focus of attention in recent weeks because it belonged to the first group of communes in confinement last March, belonging to the eastern sector of the capital. However, together with Santiago, they were the two communes that did not go into transition at the end of July due to the high concentration of new infections in recent days.
The lifting of the most drastic restrictive measure for Providencia had been evaluated in recent days. Last Sunday, Paris himself had warned that there could be news today regarding both municipalities.
In parallel form, both communes had announced a reinforcement of the audit in the face of the announcements of this conference, with special emphasis on small businesses.
Along with the announcements of communes in which an improvement in epidemiological figures has been seen, the health authority announced new restrictions for localities where there has been a worsening.
In this way, it was announced that the commune of Tierra Amarilla, in the Antofagasta Region, will be quarantined. Along with this, the quarantine extension for the entire commune of Curicó, which was currently limited to the urban radius of the town.
Similarly, it was announced that the commune of Punta Arenas, which is currently in Stage 3, will go back to Stage 2, or transition.
It was also announced that, also starting on Monday, August 10, A sanitary cord between Penco and Concepción and between San Pedro de la Paz and Coronel will begin to operate.
According to the demographic projections prepared by the Ministry of Health, with today’s new announcements there will be 852,396 people who will leave the sanitary confinement and will enter the transition phase.
The The largest population is concentrated in the Rancagua commune, with 265,211, followed by Providencia with 157,749 people and Melipilla with 141,612 inhabitants.
Under this new scenario, half of the country’s population will continue in confinement. According to demographic figures, from Monday a total of 9,771,146 people will continue in Phase 1, which is equivalent to 50.22% of the country.
In this line, the number of people who will be in Stage 2 will be 2,293,444, that is, 11.79% of the total population.
As for the Metropolitan Region, 6,411,017 people will continue in isolation, corresponding to 78.9% of the population, while a total of 1,581,498 will be in stage 2, which is equivalent to 19.46% of the inhabitants.
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