As of March 2020, the metropolitan region of Santiago is the one that have the largest number of hospitals in Chile, with 772 medical centers. It was followed by Los Lagos, with 383 hospitals. As of March 19, 2020, Chile was the Latin American country with the second largest number of confirmed cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), caused by the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2).
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Number of hospitals in Chile as of March 2020, by region
Characteristic
Number of hospitals
Metropolitana Santiago
772
Los Lagos
383
La Araucanía
372
Bíobío
370
Maule
330
Valparaíso
321
Libertador Gral. B. O'Higgins
217
Coquimbo
211
Los Ríos
161
Ñuble
132
Antofagasta
129
Atacama
85
Tarapacá
80
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Ministerio de Salud (Chile). (March 16, 2020). Number of hospitals in Chile as of March 2020, by region [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 12, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1105079/chile-hospitals-region/
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Ministerio de Salud (Chile). (2020). Number of hospitals in Chile as of March 2020, by region. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 12, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1105079/chile-hospitals-region/
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