Chile Warns Omicron Rebound About A Decrease In Covid-19-related Cases

Chile warns Omicron rebound about a decrease in Covid-19-related cases

Santiago, 31 December : .Although the incidence of Covid-19-related infections has declined by 18% in Chile over the past two weeks, experts do not rule out an increase due to Omicron variants.
Experts in Chile warned that there has been a slowdown in infection rates in recent weeks.There have also been concerns about the transmission of the new variant.

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Official data shows that 251 cases of the disease have already been reported in Chile.

The Ministry of Health announced Thursday that it had reported 1,813 Covid-19 new infections, and 33 deaths related to the disease, Xinhua reported.

This brings the total number of cases up to 1,804,682 and 39,096 deaths.

The University of Santiago’s Mathematical Epidemiological Group for the Surveillance of Epidemics, Pandemics, and Epidemics, Chile pointed out, however, that the decline in Covid-19 cases has been “slower in recent weeks.”

Felipe Elorrieta, Group Head of Felipe Elorrieta, stated that “we are experiencing an incidence rate (this week) which is very similar the previous week”, and added that these figures “aren’t decreasing as much as they were before.”

Experts stated that Arica was the most concerning region, as it has an average incidence rate of 17 cases per 100 000 inhabitants.This is a 172.2 percent increase over seven days.

The rate rose to 7.6 per 100,000 residents in the Santiago Metropolitan Region.This was a warning signal, despite it having a low incidence, according Elorrieta.

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