Santiago: Corona cases are continuously increasing in teh South American countries. Chile has registered 3,685 cases of the novel coronavirus infection and 97 deaths from the disease in 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said Thursday.

Chile now has a total of 629,176 confirmed cases and a death toll of 16,913, while 593,235 people have recovered from the disease.Some 18,679 cases are considered to be active. Infections have increased 33 percent in the past two weeks, Minister of Health Enrique Paris told reporters during his daily press briefing. Authorities said Thursday that a declared health advisory will be extended for another six months to combat the deadly virus.  Those who violate the rule will have to submit to a mandatory quarantine at a designated health residence or pay a fine of about 4,000 U.S. dollars.

Talking about the global corona cases, According to the Johns Hopkins University, The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 86 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.86 million. The current global caseload and death toll stood at 86,379,672 and 1,867,585, respectively.

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