FILE PHOTO: Workers in protective suits clean the floor at one of the first public hight school to resume in-person classes, where no students arrived according to local media, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, at Pirque area, Santiago, Chile October 1, 2020. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile has identified more than 500,000 cases of the new coronavirus since the outbreak began in March, the health ministry said on Saturday.
The ministry said 500,542 Chileans were now confirmed to have suffered from the virus, including 1,631 cases added in the past day and 48 deaths, taking fatalities to a total of 13,892. Active cases are at a record low of 9,900, it added.
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