The Minsal reported 22,192 new infections of covid-19. This is the sixth consecutive day above the threshold of 20,000 cases, which reduced the total number of people in the active stage of the disease from 119,331 to 113,734. For its part, positivity was set at 21.12%, the highest since July 4, 2020 (21.74%). Meanwhile, the ICU went from 435 to 474 patients hospitalized for coronavirus in 24 hours. Ten days ago there were 401 hospitalized.
This Tuesday, the Ministry of Health (Minsal) reported the detection of 22,192 new infections of covid-19, 13,374 of them symptomatic.
This is the sixth consecutive day on the barrier of 20 thousand cases.
With this result, the lowest in this entire period, the total number of patients in the active stage of the disease fell from 119,331 to 113,734.
The Metropolitan region dominated the regional breakdown, with 8,484 diagnoses and 46,163 active ones.
Regarding the incidence rate, Arica and Parinacota dominated the table, with 1,474.1 cases per 100,000 inhabitants; and was followed by Magellan (1068.8).
According to official figures, the variation of confirmed cases at the national level was 87% in one week and 233% in 14 days.
“Of the 22,192 new cases, 27% are diagnosed by antigen tests, 33% originate from Active Case Search (BAC) and 15% of those notified are asymptomatic,” they indicated from the Minsal in a statement.
In seven days, Ñuble, Los Lagos, Maule and Bío Bío are the regions with the highest increase in confirmed cases.
Learn regarding the regional breakdown of covid-19 infections
Covid-19 patients in ICU on the rise
The balance also showed an uptick in the ICU, which contrasts sharply with the mild fluctuations of recent weeks.
Thus, between yesterday and today, Chile added 39 patients with covid-19 to this stage of hospitalization. That is, it went from 435 to 474.
Something similar is observed in the number of hospitalized seriously ill and connected to mechanical ventilation, which rose from 331 to 348.
However, hospitalizations for covid-19 in general have accumulated increases, only that the wide scope of the vaccination program has kept the most serious conditions at bay.
This is concluded from the changes recorded from two weeks ago, seeing the numbers reported on January 18 (when 7,533 infections were reported).
That day there were 214 people hospitalized in a basic bed for covid-19. This Tuesday they are 740 (+345%).
Another rise can be seen in average beds (from 449 to 1,051) and in ICUs (from 253 to 422).
Positivity and deaths
Meanwhile, the PCR positivity was set at 21.12% with the analysis of 77,021 exams in 142 laboratories.
The figure corresponds to the highest value of this indicator since July 4, 2020 (21.74%), almost 19 months.
Considering the antigen tests carried out, testing in Chile reached 93,028 samples in the last 24 hours.
Of the 16 regions, 12 exceeded 20%. Coquimbo and O’Higgins reported the worst numbers: 34.12% and 29.01%, respectively.
Finally, the Department of Statistics and Health Information (DEIS) added 12 deaths to the national list.
With that, he total deaths linked to the pandemic rose to 39,733.
If we compare the period between January 1 and February 1, 2021 and 2022 show a significant difference in terms of deaths from coronavirus.
In that stretch of 2021, Chile had 1,877 deaths, which this year reached 593.
The most affected groups continue to be those between 70 and 79 years old (10,798 – 27.18%) and between 80 and 89 (9,877 – 24.86%).
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Read the Minsal report for this February 1, 2022
Remember the new infections reported by the Minsal every Tuesday since June 2021
2022
February
01-02-2022 22.192
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
