SANTIAGO, July 29 (Xinhua) -- Chile on Wednesday reported a total of 351,575 people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and 9,278 have died from the disease.
According to the Health Ministry, in the previous 24 hours tests detected 1,773 new cases of infection and 38 more patients died.
Of the new cases, 1,294 presented symptoms and 346 were asymptomatic.
Health officials said 17,740 cases are considered active, while 324,557 former patients have recovered.
Chile is under a state of catastrophe declared months ago to better enforce lockdown and social distancing measures with the help of the army and police force, including a nighttime curfew.
On Tuesday, lockdown measures were partially lifted in seven of 40 districts in the capital Santiago and its metropolitan area, home to a third of the country's population and the hardest hit region in Chile. Enditem
