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Chile reports a positivity rate of 1.78 %, its lowest since pandemic began

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Chilean health authorities reported a positivity rate of 1.78% this Sunday, August 1, after performing 59,375 PCR tests during the day at the national level, the lowest rate of the entire Covid-19 pandemic since its arrival in the country in March 2020.

A positivity rate (number of positive results per 100 tests performed) of less than 5% for two consecutive weeks is one of the epidemiological criteria established by the World Health Organization (WHO) to consider the pandemic under control.

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