This Tuesday, Chile exceeded the barrier of 2 million infections with covid-19 since the start of the pandemic, that distant March 2020. No region has a positivity rate of less than 10% and six of them are above 20%, with Magallanes and its 34% leading the table. With 14,291 new cases, the total number of patients in the active stage of the disease rose to 67,018.
This Tuesday morning, the Ministry of Health (Minsal) reported the detection of 14,291 new cases of covid-19 in Chile, of which 8,485 were classified as symptomatic.
With the result of the day, the Total infections so far in the pandemic reached 2,001,346.
The figure also raised the total number of patients in the active stage of the disease from 66,738 to 67,018.
It is the fourth time that Chile marks over 14 thousand diagnoses newspapers, after the record marked yesterday Monday (14.780).
In line with Minsal estimates, the pandemic had a variation of 314% in two weeks.
These same ones showed that only one region decreased its new cases in the last week.
“Of the 14,291 new cases, 23% are diagnosed by antigen tests, 34% originate from Active Case Search (BAC) and 15% of those notified are asymptomatic,” they indicated from the Minsal.
By region, the highest incidence rate is found in Arica and Parinacota, with 1,337.1 Active infections per 100,000 inhabitants.
In second place was Magallanes (1,004.7) and third Tarapacá (970.8).
Positivity, ICU and deaths
For its part, the National PCR positivity was set at 15.82% after the study of 69,891 exams in 134 laboratories.
Of the country, six regions exceeded the 20% threshold, with Magallanes leading the list (34.47%).
The lowest positivities were recorded in Atacama (10.20%) and Maule (10.73%).
The balance of the day established that the ICU occupancy is currently at 85.51%.
There are 411 patients hospitalized for covid-19, of which 306 are seriously ill and connected to mechanical ventilation (74.45%).
Meanwhile, the Department of Statistics and Health Information (DEIS) added eight deaths, with which the total number of deaths linked to the disease rose to 39,543.
Check the official infographic of the day
Read the Minsal report for this Tuesday, January 25, 2022
Remember the new cases reported by the Minsal every Tuesday since June 2021
January
25-01-2022 14.291
18-01-2021 7.533
11-01-2022 3.922
04-01-2022 1.058
2021
December
28-12-2021 770
21-12-2021 887
14-12-2021 970
07-12-2021 1.185
November
30-11-2021 1.392
23-11-2021 1.700
16-11-2021 1.741
09-11-2021 1.800
02-11-2021 1.390
October
26-10-2021 1.201
19-10-2021 966
12-10-2021 634
05-10-2021 503
September
28-09-2021 454
21-09-2021 291
14-09-2021 297
07-09-2021 273
August
31-08-2021 315
24-08-2021 387
17-08-2021 405
10-08-2021 514
03-08-2021 616
July
27-07-2021 753
20-07-2021 902
13-07-2021 1.278
06-07-2021 1.885
June
29-06-2021 2.648
22-06-2021 3.464
15-06-2021 4.607
08-06-2021 5.568
01-06-2021 5.040