Bad news in Chile regarding coronavirus cases

Chile detected this Friday 2,404 new cases of covid-19, the highest figure in five months, which shows that the pandemic is growing in the days of the Christmas holidays, especially in the capital, which is preparing for its second weekend of confinement of the second wave.

“We see with concern the increase in cases in recent days. I ask that we all make an effort and take care of ourselves for the sake of ourselves, our families and loved ones,” said the Chilean Minister of Health, Enrique Paris.

In the past 24 hours, 44 deaths have also been recorded, bringing the total toll since early March to 16,051 deaths and 581,135 infected.

Santiago, which had a population of seven million was on the brink of health collapse in June, had been gradually opening up the economy for three months, but last week it regressed to the second phase of the plan to return to the normal designed by the government. which involves quarantining on weekends and shutting down all non-essential businesses.

The government will decide next week whether it maintains the same mobility restrictions to the entire metropolitan area, to which the capital belongs, lifts the measures in some neighborhoods at Christmas.

“Only one region is decreasing its new cases in the past seven days and two regions in the past 14 days. I call on citizens to take care of themselves, this is the only vaccine we have for everyone. world today “, insisted Paris.

The regions that registered the most cases on the last day were Metropolitana (655), Biobo (475), Araucana (219), Maule (184), Los Lagos (165) and Valparaso (137), although Magallanes – the gate Chilean Antarctica is still the one with the highest rate per 100,000 inhabitants of the country.

Authorities also reported that there are currently 668 hospitalized, including 62 critics, and 12,468 patients are in the active phase of the disease, one of the highest figures in recent months.