SANTIAGO, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- New cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) declined in 11 regions of Chile in the past week, Health Minister Enrique Paris said on Sunday.

Nationwide, new confirmed cases of COVID-19 fell 7 percent in the past week and 10 percent in the past 14 days, according to Paris.

The minister reported 1,759 new confirmed cases in the past 24 hours, 26 percent of which were detected through an active case search, which involved teams of experts and volunteers visiting communities to carry out tests.

To date, 491,760 people have tested positive for the coronavirus since the outbreak began in Chile.

In the past 24 hours, 47 more patients died of the disease, raising the death toll to 13,635. Enditem

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