Carlos Colomer/The Santiago Times Staff
SANTIAGO – The Minister of Health, Enrique Paris, highlighted that according to the COVID-19 report of last November 7, “1,568 new cases are reported, of which 27% originate from active case finding (BAC) and 34% of those reported are asymptomatic. In the Metropolitan Region, 18% of cases are reported by BAC and 31% of those notified are asymptomatic”.
“Meanwhile, the variation of new confirmed cases at national level decreases 7% for the last 14 days,” said the health authority. Likewise, nine regions decrease their new cases in the last seven days and 11 in the last 14 days.
The regions with the greatest increase in new confirmed cases are Aysén, Los Ríos, Araucanía and Magallanes. The Magallanes region continues to show a significant decrease in the incidence rate per 100,000 inhabitants, but it is still the highest in the country.
Before releasing the figures of the daily report, the Undersecretary of Public Health, Paula Daza, informed about the study of analysis and monitoring of sewage for the early detection of COVID-19 in Chillán, region of Ñuble. The initiative is a pioneer in the country and began a few months ago as a collaborative study between the Ministries of Health and Science, together with the Biotechnology Center of the University of Concepción. Undersecretary Daza said that “this strategy allows early detection of the presence in places where there were no known cases, so it is an effective way to find outbreaks in localities, neighborhoods and institutions. In addition, we will evaluate the possibility of applying it in other cities”.
Reporte diario
According to the report of last Saturday, November 7, the Ministry of Health adds that to the 1,568 new cases of COVID-19, 1,026 correspond to symptomatic people and 519 do not present symptoms. In addition, 23 positive PCR tests were recorded that were not reported.
The total number of people who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the country reaches 519,977. Of that total, 9,334 patients are in an active stage. The cases recovered are 495,852.
With regard to deaths, according to the information provided by the Department of Statistics and Health Information (DEIS), in the last 24 hours 49 deaths were recorded due to causes associated with COVID-19. The total number of deaths is 14,499 in the country.
Nine regions decreased their new cases in the last seven days and 11 in the last 14 days.
To date, 734 people are hospitalized in Intensive Care Units, of which 584 are on mechanical ventilation support and 100 are in critical health condition. With regard to the Integrated Health Network, there are a total of 333 ventilators available for patients who require them, regardless of the region where they are.
Regarding the Laboratory Network and diagnostic capacity, yesterday the results of 39,290 PCR tests were reported, reaching a total of 4,541,869 tests analyzed nationwide to date.
The number of Health Care Facilities available is 151 with 10,678 places. To date, there are 4,942 users in all regions of the country. For more information, people who do not have the conditions to carry out an effective quarantine in their homes and need to move to a nursing home, they can call the Phone 800 726 666 or go to the website of the Ministry of Health, www.minsal.cl.
