SANTIAGO, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Chile registered 33,769 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and 129 related deaths over the past day, bringing its total caseload to 2,819,246 and national death toll to 41,196, the Chilean Ministry of Health said Saturday.
The number of new COVID-19 cases has fallen 6 percent over the course of the week, but is still 28 percent higher compared to figures 14 days ago, said the ministry.
Confirmed cases of COVID-19 "continue to show a decline" amid a wave of infections caused by the Omicron variant of the virus and an increase in mobility due to the summer holidays, said Chilean Minister of Health Enrique Paris.
Currently, there are 124,640 active COVID-19 cases in the country, with 994 people hospitalized in intensive care units, among whom 809 are on ventilators.
Official figures indicate that COVID-19 patients represent 45 percent of the total occupancy of critical care beds in the country. ■
