Chilean Health Minister, Jaime Mañalich, said t that 1,647 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in 24 hours, representing the largest daily increase recorded since the pandemic began.

Of the 1,647 new cases, 1,406 are symptomatic and 241 reported no symptoms. Chile thus reached 28,866 cases nationwide. 

In Chile, the largest previous daily rise had been registered on 7 May, with 1,533 new cases.

As for the number of deaths, eight were confirmed in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number to 312. 

Mañalich also confirmed during the daily balance of the behavior of the pandemic in the South American nation that 13,112 people have recovered. 

The head of the Health Ministry said that a pilot plan has been started to apply a rapid test in the nation to detect the presence of antibodies to Covid-19 in the population.