11,541 new infections were reported, bringing the total number of positive cases to 513,719, of which 157,391, corresponding to 30.64%, are still active.
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EFE
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Colombia registered 204 deaths from covid-19 this Thursday, August 20, the lowest daily death toll in a month, bringing the accumulated number of fatalities from the pandemic in the country to 16,183, according to the Ministry’s daily report. of health.
The country did not show such a low death toll since last July 20 when it reported 193 deaths, added the health authority, according to which among the 204 deaths computed today there are 23 corresponding to June and July.
Equally 11,541 new infections were reported, bringing the total number of positive cases to 513,719, of which 157,391, corresponding to 30.64%, are still active.
Regarding the fatalities of the day, 60 were registered in Bogotá, followed by the departments of Córdoba (24), Antioquia (23), Santander (16), Valle del Cauca (14), Norte de Santander and Nariño, both with 10 .
According to the report, 18 of the 24 deaths computed this Thursday in Córdoba occurred in June and July.
The rest of the deaths occurred in Atlántico (8), Cesar (7), Bolívar and Tolima (5), Magdalena, Cundinamarca and Caquetá (4), Risaralda (3), La Guajira and Meta (2), and Casanare and Huila ( 1), as well as one in Vichada, a jungle department of the Amazon region that registers its first death from covid-19.
Since the first case of coronavirus was registered in the country, on March 6, 339,124 patients have overcome the disease, which is equivalent to 66%.
Of the new infections, 3,205 cases occurred in Bogotá, a notably less than 5,014 yesterday, while in Valle del Cauca there were 1,186 and in Cundinamarca, 1,168.
There were also high figures in Antioquia (826), Norte de Santander (602), Córdoba (565), Cesar (531), Santander (523), Sucre (387), Meta (344), Atlántico (263), Nariño (216 ), Caldas (201), Cauca (191), Boyacá (186), Tolima (172), Magdalena (149), Risaralda (147), Bolívar (129), La Guajira (112) and Huila (108).
These numbers show a decrease in infections in the Caribbean departments of Atlántico and Bolívar, which were the first sources of the pandemic in the country, and especially in Barranquilla and Cartagena de Indias, their respective capitals.
The highest accumulations of cases are in Bogotá, with 179,540, followed by Antioquia (67,033), Atlántico (62,271), Valle del Cauca (41,259), Bolívar (22,615), Cundinamarca (18,127), Córdoba (16,351), Nariño (12,091) , Santander (11,855) and Magdalena (10,815).
During the day, 37,657 tests were carried out, 31,932 of them PCR and 5,725 antigen, for a total of 2.3 million covid-19 samples processed in the country.
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