Santiago: Chile on Sunday registered  1,711 fresh corona cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total infections to 600,105.

The Ministry of Health said on SundayCurrently, 716 people are in intensive care units, with 565 on ventilators and 61 in critical condition, said the authorities, adding that another 27,297 tests for the virus were administered, taking tally to to over 6.3 million. Starting from Thursday, Chile began vaccinating health personnel, with more than 8,500 hospital workers in areas most affected by the virus having been vaccinated so far.

The global tally of coronavirus cases stands at 81,126,414. While 57,280,811 have recovered, 1,771,407 have died so far. The US, the worst-hit country, has 19,567,784 cases, and 341,138 have died from the disease there. It is followed by India, which has 10,208,725 cases, Brazil (7,484,285), Russia (3,050,248), France (2,559,686).Talking about corona cases in India, With 20,333 new corona cases, India's caseload now stands at 10,208,725. The country's death toll has mounted to 147,940. With 1,919,550 cases, Maharashtra has the highest number of coronavirus cases, followed by Karnataka 915,345, Andhra Pradesh 881,000, Tamil Nadu 814,000, and Kerala 735,611.

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