Chile reports a record number of almost 30,000 positive cases in one day

Chile reports a record number of almost 30,000 positive cases in one day

Until today, the maximum figure reported had been 26,727 infections reported last Friday and the health authority indicated that there are 112,804 active cases in the country, that is, people who can spread the virus.

On the other hand, the number of deaths from the disease is 39,742, after adding nine during the last 24 hours.

Likewise, the Ministry of Health reported 511 patients who are treated in intensive care units, with 380 of them connected to mechanical ventilation, and 4,605 ​​critical beds enabled by the system, of which 1,820 are available.

Meanwhile, the Institute of Public Health (ISP) announced that the emergency use of the vaccine developed by the Moderna laboratory was authorized, starting at 12 years of age.

Since the end of 2020, the national vaccination plan began, for which doses from the Pfizer-BioNTech, Sinovac, AstraZeneca, CanSino, Jenssen and Sputnik V laboratories were administered, for which Moderna’s became the seventh injection approved in the country. country.

To date, more than 46.6 million doses have been administered throughout the country, and a fourth booster dose campaign is currently underway.

Source: Ambito

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