Reported COVID-19 infections in Colombia skyrocket
April 11, 2021
Colombia’s Health Ministry reported skyrocketing COVID-19 infections on Sunday as multiple cities are on lockdown to curb new outbreaks.
In its daily report, the Health Ministry said it received reports on another 17,483 new infections and 281 deaths in the previous 24 hours.
Infections and deaths have skyrocketed since last month when the government reported the lowest number of infections and optimism about its National Vaccination Plan.
Coronavirus infections and deaths
The latest surged knocked down healthcare in the cities of Medellin and Barranquilla where local authorities have issued a 24-hour curfew that will last at least until Tuesday morning.
Photo: Mauricio Dueñas/EFE
As Colombia has witnessed during the last two weeks, the third wave of coronavirus contagion is highly infectious and alarming given that daily cases have surpassed – or are perilously close to –Â the peaks of the two previous waves. On Sunday, the country confirmed 17,483 additional cases after processing 68,067 PCR tests.
The day’s numbers are lower than 21,078 confirmed on January 15, 2021, with the second peak, yet significantly higher than 13,056 on August 19, 2020 with the initial peak of the pandemic. Equally worrisome of the spike in new infections are projections by health authorities that the third wave could peak at the end of April, timeline that is still â at least – two weeks away. Another important issue of concern is the fact that when the initial wave peaked, the country had endured more than four months of a strict lockdown that began easing with the national governmentâs decreed reactivation of economic secto
The major cities of Colombia Saturday began the first weekend of strict lockdowns in a bid to reduce the spread of the third wave of the coronavirus following several days of more than 10,000 daily in. Colombia goes under lockdown amid third Covid-19 wave | Outstanding | English edition | Agencia EFE
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Bogotá, Apr 10 (EFE).- The major cities of Colombia Saturday began the first weekend of strict lockdowns in a bid to reduce the spread of the third wave of the coronavirus following several days of more than 10,000 daily infections.
Bogotá, Medellín, and Barranquilla woke up with lower-than-usual traffic and public transportation.
Authorities imposed a night curfew in Cali and Cartagena, which also closed the beaches in the afternoon.
Colombia, one of the worst affected Latin American countries, has an overall caseload of 2.5 million Covid-19 cases, including 65,283 deaths.
Infections and deaths began to increase a few days before Easter after the second peak in January.
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