Experts in Chile foresee another COVID-19 peak in coming weeks

Chile will see another surge of COVID-19 infections in the next two weeks, according to a local epidemics monitoring group on Tuesday.

Chile has been witnessing a fifth wave of COVID-19 infections for many weeks, and “we might be nearing the top in two or three weeks,” according to Felipe Elorrieta, head of the Mathematical Epidemiological Group for Epidemic and Pandemic Surveillance at the University of Santiago, Chile. The scientists examined data from the Chilean Ministry of Health, which revealed a 58% spike in COVID-19 cases in the previous 14 days.

“There were 8,500 (daily) instances last week.” We should be above 9,000 but below 10,000 this week, “according to Elorrieta.”

According to Elorrieta, the maximum number of daily infections is

According to Elorrieta, the maximum number of daily infections in this wave should be about 10,000, with a slower rate of transmission than in prior phases.

Furthermore, the association cautioned that hospitalizations in Chile have been steadily increasing since last week.

By Tuesday, the South American country had recorded 3.7 million COVID-19 cases and 57,997 fatalities.