Chile registers almost 30,000 cases of coronavirus in one day, its highest record of the entire pandemic

chili A new record was set this Wednesday by detecting 29,844 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours. coronavirus covid-19while the national positivity rate climbed to 23.9%, one of the highest since the start of the pandemic.

the contagious omicron variant is shooting infections in chiliwhere the last maximum had been registered last Saturday, January 29, with 29,175 new infections.

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With the data from this Wednesday, the total balance since the start of the pandemic was 2.2 million cases, of which 112,804 are in the active stage of the disease, which means that they can spread.

Deaths, however, remain low, with nine deaths recorded in the last 24 hours, as well as hospital pressure.

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Yes, for example, major collapses are recorded in some laboratories, with hundreds of people lining up to undergo a PCR test.

Despite the explosive increase in cases, the Government is not considering new confinements, but rather the reduction of capacity in the most affected regions and the promotion of vaccination.

The Institute of Public Health (ISP) approved precisely this Wednesday the emergency use for people over 12 years of age of the vaccine from the American laboratory Moderna, which becomes the seventh authorized injection in the country.

Recently, in addition, the Government announced that it is reducing the mandatory quarantine for those infected by covid-19 from 10 to 7 days due to evidence that omicron infections are milder and last less than other variants.

Chile has deployed one of the most effective vaccination campaigns in the world, reaching more than 92% of the population, including children (19 million inhabitants), with the complete schedule, and has already administered more than 12.3 million third doses.

Immunocompromised people and health workers have already received the fourth dose, which will be followed by those over 55 years of age in the coming weeks.

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Source: Elcomercio

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