- Title: Chile's coronavirus cases toll tops 300,000, surpassing Spain and UK
- Date: 7th July 2020
- Summary: SANTIAGO, CHILE (JULY 7, 2020) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) DOCTOR SPECIALIST IN PUBLIC HEALTH, CRISTIAN GARCIA, SAYING: "Chile has one of the highest numbers of deaths per million inhabitants. Although in the metropolitan region we see the reduction of positive cases, it is necessary to maintain and increase the number of tests, so that the number of cases found are early cases, which are not very serious and shorten the chain of transmission in the community."
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- Keywords: COVID-19 Chile Spain UK cases coronavirus health
- Location: SANTIAGO, CHILE
- City: SANTIAGO, CHILE
- Country: Chile
- Topics: Health/Medicine
- Reuters ID: LVA003CLTAYX3
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- Story Text:Chile's health ministry on Tuesday (July 7) reported 2,462 more cases from the novel coronavirus, bringing the total to 301,019; overtaking Spain and the United Kingdom in infections.
The Latin American country currently ranks #6 in the world for COVID-19 cases, behind Peru and Russia.
Despite the number of cases, the country's Health Minister Enrique Paris said on Tuesday the most recent figures pointed to a "slight improvement in the pandemic."
Chilean authorities also announced that they are preparing a plan to gradually begin easing the quarantine.
Up to now, the virus has seemingly exploded in Chile, prompting health officials to lock down the capital Santiago, the country's economic engine, and force nearly 10 million of its citizens into quarantine.
So far Chile has reported 6,434 deaths due to COVID-19.
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