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The baby is the eleventh deceased reported in the Soledad municipality in Atlantico, where to date there are 334 confirmed cases of covid-19. The authorities have drawn attention to the increase in cases in this area of the country, mainly due to indiscipline when complying with compulsory isolation.
In fact, the situation recently forced a 24-hour curfew to be decreed in Soledad, Malambo and Sabanagrande.
In addition, it is the first minor of a year who died does not report associated diseases or comorbidities. The previous cases were two one-month-old babies.
One, reported on April 22, in Mesitas del Colegio (Cundinamarca), suffered from persistent ductus arteriosus and ventricular septal defect. The other, released on May 1, was premature and dependent on oxygen administration.
INS follow-up data since the first death was known in Colombia reveal that, in terms of age range, more than half (51.5%) of deaths occurred in people between the ages of 60 and 79. 21.9% of deaths were in the population between 80 and 99 years old and another 20%, in people between 40 and 59 years of age.
A 98-year-old man, resident of Ocaña (Norte de Santander), is the oldest person who has died from the virus.
First cases in Vaupés
This Tuesday, the first two cases of infections with the new coronavirus were also announced in the department of Vaupés. A few days ago, the first had been demonstrated in Putumayo, and concern about the crisis in the Amazon persisted, given the increase in cases.
In fact, in the latter department, 90 out of every 10,000 inhabitants of the are diagnosed with Covid-19, according to data from the National Institute of Health (INS). It is the highest rate in the country, even exceeding Bogotá, where 55 out of every 10,000 inhabitants has been confirmed with the diagnosis
What is worrying is that, as revealed by the EL TIEMPO Data Unit on March 28, “departments” such as Vaupés, Vichada, Guainía, Amazonas and Guaviare, do not even have an ICU to attend critical cases. “
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