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Chile signed up a new high for coronavirus cases on Monday, with almost 5,000 infections in 24 hours, consisting of that of a minister in President Sebastian Pinera’s government.

Health authorities announced they had actually registered 4,895 new infections in the South American nation and 43 deaths in the previous 24 hours.

Public Works Minister Alfredo Moreno said he was amongst those with the disease.

” I have actually been informed that the Covid-19 test I had a couple of days ago was favorable,” Moreno said on Twitter, including that he had no symptoms so far.

The 63- year-old minister had positioned himself in quarantine after one of his personnel evaluated favorable.

Three other ministers, who had actually self-quarantined after being in contact with infected people, all evaluated negative and resumed work.

Chile suffered a surge in infections recently, triggering the federal government to purchase the lockdown of Santiago.

The capital is the primary focus of the pandemic in Chile, with 90 percent of the country’s 74,000 cases.