Despite massive vaccination, Chile is concerned about active cases

Chile registered today 37,958 active cases of coronavirus, the highest amount to date in the pandemic, with nearly 7,000 infections in the last 24 hours, be officially informed.

The Ministry of Health reported today at noon that in the past 24 hours, 6,836 people have been infected with the disease, having surpassed 7,000 in one day for the first time yesterday, and 99 have died from it.

In this way, accumulate since the start of the pandemic 931,939 confirmed cases of coronavirus, of which 37,958 people had the active infection -651 more than the previous record, recorded on June 21 – and 22,279 have died of the disease.

Likewise, the ministry reported that in the last 24 hours, 76,335 PCR exams were performed with 8.7% positive result, in both cases also record since the start of the pandemic, according to the newspaper of Santiago El Mercurio.

With the figures known today, the country has accumulated 40,876 infections in the past seven days and 106,397 so far in March, with 46 of the 52 municipalities in the Santiago metropolitan region with the highest number of active cases. since August 1. La Tercera newspaper.