With 2,725 cases, assets rose to 8,065 and with 12 deaths, deaths rose to 64,222. In addition, the national positivity reached 12.59%, the highest in 48 reports.
This Saturday morning the Ministry of Health (Minsal) reported the detection of 2,725 new cases of covid-19 in Chile, 1,894 of them symptomatic.
With this, the total number of patients in the active stage of the disease rose from 7,374 to 8,065, the highest since January 14 (9,567).
“The new confirmed cases at the national level have increased by 22.6% in the last week, while in the last 14 days they have registered an increase of 44.3%,” they detailed from the portfolio in a announcement.
Today the region with the most assets is the RM, with 3,321.
Regarding the incidence rate, Chile has 40.4 active cases per 100,000 inhabitants, although Los Ríos scored 69.1.
In addition, this day the Department of Health Statistics and Information (DEIS) added 12 deaths to the national list due to the covid-19 pandemic.
In this way, the total number of deaths linked to the crisis reached 64,222, 52,469 confirmed and 11,753 probable.
Highest PCR positivity in 48 reports
In addition to the above, the Minsal also reported that the national positivity of the PCR was set at 12.59%, the highest since January 14, when the same figure was set as today.
Of course, today’s report was only made with 15,064 tests, 7,178 PCR and 7,886 antigens, which are not used to determine positivity or by the ISP to sequence variants.
At the top of the list were Los Lagos (21.52%) and Antofagasta (20.37%).
Finally, the Minsal estimated at 666 those hospitalized in Chile for a picture of covid-19, 83 in the ICU, 100 in the ICU, 282 in a medium bed and 201 in a basic bed.
All of the above is known one day after covid-19 turned three years old in Chile and almost five months after the start of bivalent vaccination, which has just reached 25.49% coverage according to the DEIS.
