18 november 20212,6401,735,1871,678,01514,7153338,050 19 november 20212,6791,737,8851,680,85314,5083038,08049,007 20 november 20212,6961,740,4961,683,53814,3981538,095 21 november 20212,7111,743,1371,685,92514,5942338,118 22 november 20212,2521,745,3051,688,15814,4723238,15049,065 23 november 20211,7001,747,0651,690,77313,5921238,162 24 november 20211,9371,749,0991,692,71913,6591438,176 25 november 20212,6411,751,7691,694,56814,3934338,219 26 november 20212,6921,754,4431,697,38514,2502738,24649,206 27 november 20212,6671,757,0771,699,76514,4483738,283 28 november 20212,3611,759,4051,701,98114,4333138,314 29 november 20211,9791,761,3651,704,21014,1013038,344 30 november 20211,3921,762,7511,706,43113,254338,347 1 december 20211,5381,764,2741,708,31412,8761038,357 2 december 20212,2441,766,4931,710,14013,1794738,404 3 december 20212,1151,768,5841,712,80812,5373638,44049,405 4 december 20212,0601,770,6201,715,55611,7662638,466 5 december 20211,9471,772,5471,717,40911,7813638,502 6 december 20211,5171,774,0481,719,35111,2773038,532 7 december 20211,1851,775,2121,721,25710,518438,536 8 december 20211,4011,776,5991,722,84910,299638,542 9 december 20211,7931,778,3701,724,17410,6185938,601 10 december 20211,5161,779,8651,726,18410,0263838,63949,603 11 december 20211,3751,781,2271,727,8899,668838,647 12 december 20211,6051,782,8041,729,6619,3934038,687 13 december 20211,3831,784,1651,731,0939,2493038,717 14 december 20219701,785,1241,732,6018,674738,724 15 december 20211,0801,786,1841,733,8478,470438,728 16 december 20211,5201,787,6761,734,9558,7654638,774 17 december 20211,4651,789,1091,736,6448,4433938,81349,817 18 december 20211,4311,790,5241,738,1218,3232838,841 19 december 20211,2751,791,7761,739,2748,3642438,865 20 december 20211,1571,792,9021,740,5138,1842138,886 21 december 20218871,793,7861,741,9127,669938,895 22 december 20219811,794,7501,743,0807,453638,901 23 december 20211,5041,796,2321,744,0337,8715438,955 24 december 20211,4261,797,6311,745,3367,8963038,98550,001 25 december 20211,5111,799,1251,746,5088,1632939,014 26 december 20211,2321,800,2801,747,6438,1262139,035 27 december 20217601,801,0331,748,7007,7732239,057 28 december 20217701,801,7951,749,8347,363339,060 cases daily cases daily cases (7-day average) deaths health care situation vaccination program distribution per region summary confirmed cases and pcr+ deaths, updated as of 28 december 2021. all covid-19 related deaths (including suspected deaths without pcr+), updated as of 24 december 2021. regions confirmedcases cases per100,000 confirmedpcr+ deaths pcr+ deathsper 100,000 all covid-19deaths all deathsper 100,000 arica y parinacota 29081 11535.04 546 216.57 678 268.93 tarapacá 44825 11710.60 828 216.32 942 246.10 antofagasta 66771 9651.02 1285 185.73 1559 225.34 atacama 30727 9763.62 378 120.11 487 154.75 coquimbo 54694 6541.59 1093 130.73 1367 163.50 valparaíso 137747 7027.30 3630 185.19 4784 244.06 santiago metropolitan 751763 9252.39 19930 245.29 25765 317.10 o'higgins 73131 7379.05 1628 164.27 2165 218.45 maule 109594 9681.97 1858 164.14 2333 206.11 ñuble 39399 7701.87 676 132.15 855 167.14 biobío 167111 10044.56 2828 169.98 3477 208.99 araucanía 103836 10236.77 1554 153.20 2097 206.73 los ríos 53625 13213.50 719 177.17 931 229.40 los lagos 99058 11112.13 1502 168.49 1833 205.62 aysén 10282 9582.75 97 90.40 120 111.84 magallanes and chilean antarctica 30105 16878.60 507 284.25 606 339.76 national total: 16 regions 1801795 9259.77 39059 200.73 50001 256.96 impact events on 2 march 2020, the cru world copper conference in santiago, the largest annual gathering of copper miners in the world, which was scheduled between 23 and 27 march 2020, was canceled due to concerns over travel risks associated with the coronavirus pandemic. large scale events such as lollapalooza chile (scheduled between 27 and 29 march 2020) and the xxi international air and space fair (scheduled to take place between 31 march and 5 april), were preventively suspended. politics a food box delivered by the government as part of a relief plan in june 2020. sebastián piñera (center) in the ceremony of designation of enrique paris (left) as minister of health, replacing jaime mañalich (right). a few months before the first cases of covid-19, chile had a series of massive protests and riots against the government of sebastián piñera, known locally as el estallido social. although not as massive as in october or november 2019, several protests continued in 2021 in the main chilean cities. however, most of them had to come to a halt due to pandemic and the establishment of several partial lockdowns in santiago and other cities. the situation was initially seen as an opportunity by the piñera government to ease the protests and change of the government's priorities, focusing on the pandemic management instead of the protests' claims; internally, some government members even called the situation, "saint covid". in the few weeks after the start of lockdowns, government agencies erased most of the street art in downtown santiago that was drawn during the protests and piñera visited an empty plaza italia —the main site of protests— to take some pictures there, which was considered by many as a way of taunting the protesters under quarantine. once the number of covid-19 cases started to rise in mid may 2020, the situation turned difficult for the piñera administration. on one hand, the government had a difficult and tense relationship with scientists and healthcare professionals, especially the chilean medical college, who criticized the lack of transparent data, considered several measures taken as inadequate or belated, and denounced precarious and unsafe conditions for health workers. mayors, including some of the governing political parties, openly disobeyed some measures from the government and implemented their own protection measures. izkia siches, president of the chilean medical college, became a popular figure, becoming one of the politicians with the largest approval rating in several polls. on the other hand, the impact of the pandemic unleashed a serious economic crisis. even thought the government offered different relief plans for companies and people, those plans were deemed insufficient and extremely restrictive, excluding several groups of affected people. this increased the distance with the political opposition and even with some members of the governing coalition. owing to the perceived lack of support for the people affected by the pandemic, a group of left-wing politicians proposed a constitutional reform to allow people to withdraw a 10% of their pension funds without restrictions. while the government rejected the proposal, it echoed with the population and even some right-wing politicians supported the proposal. the proposal was approved by both chambers of the congress in june 2021 by a supermajority, giving a serious blow to the piñera administration. a second 10% withdrawal was approved in december and a third one was approved in april 2021. after the third project was approved with bipartisan support, sebastián piñera denounced it as unconstitutional and presented it to the constitutional court of chile; however, the court voted 7 to 3 to approve the constitutional reform, dealing another loss for the president. the shocking defeat in the court was considered for many as the political end of the piñera government. according to several polls, the piñera administration received its lowest level of support, reaching below 10%. as a way to confront the different controversies and issues, piñera had to change several times the composition of its cabinet, becoming the most unstable government since the return of democracy in chile; included in the sacked ministers due to the covid-19 pandemic and its ramifications were the minister of interior gonzalo blumel, the minister of health jaime mañalich and the minister of social development sebastián sichel. postponement of elections long queues were registered in the 2020 chilean national plebiscite due to a record turnout and to avoid agglomerations. as a result of the estallido social, a process to write a new constitution was announced a few months before the first cases of covid-19. the process included an initial referendum and, in case the process was approved by voters, new elections would elect the members of the constitutional convention that would lead the process. the chilean government initially stated that the initial plebiscite would be held in the original 26 april 2020 date under sanitary safeguard measures. however, on 19 march 2020, chilean lawmakers reached an agreement to postpone the referendum until late october as safety concerns around the coronavirus pandemic took precedence over politics. the referendum was rescheduled for 25 october 2020, following formal approval by a two-thirds vote of congress on 24 march. the municipal and regional elections, originally to be held on 25 october 2020, were moved to 11 april 2021, just like the election of the members for the constitutional convention eventually approved by the national referendum. several safety concerns were raised for the april 2021 elections due to the large number of ballots and candidates available, which would increase the average time to vote and could potentially generate agglomerations. to avoid this issue, the government proposed to held the elections on two days, 10 and 11 april 2021, which was eventually approved by congress. however, the rapid increase of cases in the last weeks of march forced the authorities to postpone the election for 5 weeks. the elections were held finally on 15 and 16 may 2021. wildlife in a 2020 a series of rare sightings of pumas in the streets of the periphery of santiago, chile, were reported. three pumas were sighted in late march–early april of which two were captured. in september a group of three pumas, including a cub and his mother were sighted in a precordilleran neighborhood of las condes. as of 5 october servicio agrícola y ganadero and the national zoo had captured ten pumas in santiago. also on 5 october, the ministry of housing and urban planning and the ministry of agriculture launched a guide on "what to do and don't do" during and after puma sightings in cities. according to juan valenzuela, sub-director of servicio agrícola y ganadero in santiago metropolitan region there are two hypotheses to explain the sightings. the first one is that pumas have moved into the city as a result of the lockdowns enforced due to the spread of the covid-19 pandemic in chile. a second hypothesis relates the sightings of pumas to a scarcity of food in their usual territories. the sightings were part of a worldwide phenomenon of sightings of usually shy wildlife in urban areas during the covid-19 pandemic. notable cases and fatalities luis sepúlveda, chilean writer and journalist resident in spain. died on 16 april 2020, in oviedo, spain. sergio onofre jarpa, politician and former minister of interior during the military dictatorship. died on 19 april 2020, in santiago. nelson orellana, mayor of tiltil. died on 15 june 2020, in santiago. bernardino piñera, catholic bishop and uncle of chilean president sebastián piñera. died on 22 june 2020, in santiago. hernán pinto, former mayor of valparaíso. died on 29 july 2020, in viña del mar. mario gutiérrez, guitarist and founder of los ángeles negros. died on 20 january 2021. tomás vidiella, actor. died on 10 march 2021, in santiago. cristián cuturrufo, jazz trumpeter. died on 19 march 2021, in santiago. cristopher mansilla, track and road cyclist. died on 10 may 2021.