Chile recorded coronavirus infections record for second day in a row

Chile posted record coronavirus infections for second day in a row, after adding 8,112 infections within 24 hours, the health ministry reported, that tIt also reported 93 deaths.

Is the first time in this pandemic that the Andean country has exceeded 8,000 infections in 24 hours and thus exceeds yesterday’s mark of 7,830 new positives.

In response to this new wave, the government declared border closures throughout April and tightened restrictions leave the house.

As a pandemic, Chile has recorded a total of 1,011,845 cases and 23,421 deaths as the vaccination campaign continues, with a total of 6.8 million people who have received at least one dose and 3.7 million who have already received the two necessary requests.

As, The Senate of Chile will vote this Sunday on the constitutional reform project which postpones the conventional elections of May 15 and 16 constituents, governors, mayors (mayors) and councilors expected in principle for the 10 and 11 of this month, due to the increase in coronavirus cases.

The initiative was approved yesterday by the Constitutional Commission of the Upper House and now it has to go to the full Senate, where it is expected to be debated and voted on on Sunday.

The project for the change in the date of the elections generated intense negotiations between the government and the opposition just over a week before the double election day and one of the points under discussion is free public transport during the elections.

In fact, The reform was approved by the Deputies with opposing votes, in exchange for the commitment of the Executive to improve and make the current ones more accessible social assistance programs most affected by the pandemic.