AS.com Coronavirus in Spain: News summary of August 25

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Chile records for the first time in the pandemia a positivity less than 1%

Chile on Wednesday registered a national positivity rate of 0.98%, the lowest since the pandemic began, and two of its 16 regions - the Sureña Aysén and Magallanes - noted an index of 0% in the last 24 hours.

"Positivity in the Metropolitan Region - which houses the capital and where 8 million people live - is 1% and 15 regions have a positivity less than or equal to 1%," said the Undersecretary of Public Health, Paula Daza Daza Daza.

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A positivity rate (Coronavirus positive results per 100 tests carried out) less than 5% for two weeks in a row is one of the epidemiological criteria established by the World Health Organization (WHO) to assume the pandemic.

"We are in a very favorable situation, however we must continue taking care of it," Daza added.

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