Currently there is a lot of conversation about when and how deconfinement can begin in Santiago de Chile. As already mentioned in a previous post on mobility, five communes in the the conurbation of Santiago and two more in the Metropolitan Region began phase two of the deconfinement plan Paso a Paso on the 28th July 2020.
After the arrival of Covid 19 to Chile on the 3rd March 2020, the virus has spread throughout the country. Nonetheless the capital - Santiago and the Metropolitan Region in which it resides, have been by far the hardest hit location with 254,354 registered cases in this Region as of the 29th July 2020.
The first case of Covid 19 in Chile was registered on the 4th March 2020. Since then the virus has had a devastating impact with 349,900 confirmed cases and 9,240 confirmed deaths as of the date of this publication.