Chile: 3,401 new COVID-19 cases and 26 additional fatalities reported

On Tuesday, Chile reported 3,401 new COVID-19 cases and 26 additional fatalities, all of which occurred over the past 24 hours.

In total, Chile has reported 677,151 COVID-19 cases and 17,573 coronavirus-related fatalities.

Chile reported its first case of COVID-19 in March 2020.

Chile has been greatly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, with lockdowns bringing the country and economy to a halt. Chile implemented lockdowns in early 2020 after cases began to rise, and while these lockdowns let cases fall, unemployment in the country rose to a shocking 9%.

The United States is currently leading global COVID-19 cases with over 24.6 million infections and 408,628 fatalities, although India trails behind with 10.5 million cases and 152,593 deaths. As for the third-highest caseload and death toll, Brazil follows with 8.5 million cases and 210,328 deaths.

The novel coronavirus was first discovered in Wuhan, Hubei, China, on Dec. 31, 2019, and has infected more than 96.1 million individuals worldwide, resulting in over 2 million fatalities across 219 countries and territories.