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Chile overtook China in coronavirus cases and registered 49 new deaths in one day

2020-05-28T20:31:58.876Z


It is approaching 87,000 infections, while the fatalities with 890. In the Asian giant, the origin of the pandemic, there were 83,000 cases.


05/28/2020 - 15:03

  • Clarín.com
  • World

Chile recorded 49 deaths in the last 24 hours from coronavirus, which is a new record and brings the total death toll to 890 , while in terms of the number of infections, it accounted for another 4,654, bringing the total figure to 86,943 and surpassing China , where the pandemic began, which had 83,000.

Of the 4,654 new infections, 4,128 presented symptoms while the remaining 526 corresponded to asymptomatic cases, the Minister of Health of Chile, Jaime Mañalich, detailed this Thursday.

The high official also reported that there are currently 3,707 infected health officials , one day after the death of a fifth professional in this sector was known and that the Government announced free life insurance for them.

Regarding critical care, 1,286 people are in intensive care units, of which 1,079 are connected to mechanical ventilation.

The percentage of occupation of critical beds stands at 86%, according to the minister, while in the Metropolitan region, where the country's capital is located, the percentage is at 93% , reflecting "a slight decrease" compared to previous days.

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In the report of this Thursday, he also realized the number of sanitary residences, enclosures that house infected people who do not have the capacity to isolate themselves.

There would be 83 establishments of this type throughout the country, which total 3,921 rooms and which to date already house 1,386 users.

After handing over the figures, Minister Mañalich said that the evolution and monitoring of quarantine measures is not being satisfactory in the Metropolitan region and that cases of clandestine massive social events in the capital continue to be reported.

"The possibility of this being imposed through police control is practically impossible , but if the conviction of the need to take these quarantine measures does not reside in each one, this will indeed last a long time and the suffering associated with a measure as hard as the quarantine is going to be prolonged, affecting too much the most vulnerable, "added the head of the Health portfolio.

It should be remembered that in recent weeks the Government of Chile had to change the confinement strategy in some cities, particularly in the country's capital, going from implementing selective and partial quarantines by neighborhoods and sectors to total quarantines.

According to data from the American Johns Hopkins University, Chile remains in third place in the Latin American region as the country with the most cases of COVID-19, being preceded by Peru (135,905 cases) and Brazil (which with 411,821 is the second nation worldwide with the most infected).

Source: EFE and AFP

Source: clarin

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