Coronavirus in Colombia: record of infected with 1,046 cases in one day
For the first time, Colombia overcame the barrier of the thousand infected in 24 hours. In addition, 23 deaths occurred.
In the report of the Ministry of Health corresponding to May 23, a record figure of 1,046 new cases was reported.
The first time that the barrier of the thousand infected in 24 hours in the country has been overcome, the majority of cases were reported in Bogotá (382), also a record figure in the city.
This is how these new cases of the disease were distributed:
Bogotá (382), Cartagena (166), Barranquilla (147), Valle (103), Atlántico (85), Antioquia (61), Cundinamarca (31), Nariño (15), Bolívar (12), Boyacá (8), Cesar (7), Santander (6), Tolima (5), Santa Marta (3), Huila (2), Quindío (2), Amazonas (2), Cauca (2), Chocó (2), Caldas (1) , Risaralda (1), Córdoba (1), La Guajira (1) and Meta (1)
In this period, 7,171 tests were processed and the total number of infected in the country exceeded 20,000 cases, with a total of 20,177. Regarding deaths, 23 new ones were reported, which are the following:
- 64-year-old man in Cali. Comorbidities: kidney disease, neurosyphilis.
- 48-year-old man in Bogotá. No comorbidities.
- 72-year-old man in Cartagena. Comorbidities: HT, coronary heart disease.
- 52-year-old man in Barranquilla. Comorbidities under study.
- 71-year-old woman in Cali. Comorbidities: rheumatoid arthritis.
- 68-year-old man in Barranquilla. Comorbidities: coronary heart disease.
- 86-year-old man in Cartagena. Comorbidities: Alzheimer.
- 53-year-old man in Leticia. No comorbidities.
- 82-year-old woman in Turbaco (Bolívar). Comorbidities: epoc, epilepsy, chronic malnutrition.
- 78-year-old man in Bogotá. Comorbidities: kidney disease, chronic malnutrition, dyslipidemia.
- 65-year-old man in Cartagena. Comorbidities: HT, diabetes.
- 46-year-old man in Cali. Comorbidities: coronary heart disease.
- 81-year-old woman in Cali. Comorbidities: coronary heart disease.
- 86-year-old man in Leticia. No comorbidities.
- 36-year-old man in Bogotá. Comorbidities: obesity, diabetes, HTA.
- 72-year-old woman in Bogotá. Comorbidities: HT, kidney disease.
- 77-year-old man in Barranquilla. Comorbidities: HT, coronary heart disease, diabetes, kidney disease.
- 82-year-old woman in Soledad (Atlántico). Comorbidities: epoc.
- 68-year-old woman in Galapa (Atlántico). Comorbidities: diabetes.
- 90-year-old woman in Magangué (Bolívar). Comorbidities: HTA, epoc, Parkinson's, chronic malnutrition.
- 76-year-old woman in Barranquilla. Comorbidities: kidney disease.
- 40-year-old man in Bogotá. Comorbidities: obesity.
- 81-year-old man in Bogotá. Comorbidities: epoc.
Most of the deaths were also in the capital, with 5 deaths. In total, there are already 705 deaths in Colombia due to covid-19.
Those recovered on this day were 143 and there are already 4,718 since the pandemic broke out in the territory.
In Colombia, it is arranged that a "new normal" will begin as of June 1, in which the economy will be reactivated little by little, despite the fact that the figures indicate that the peak of the pandemic in the country has not yet been reached.
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