latest news today April 2, new cases and deaths

This Friday April 2 Another 10,222 patients infected with the disease were found and 163 deaths were confirmed; there were also 8,084 recovered. Both the indicator of new cases, as well as that of deaths from the virus, fell a little compared to Thursday.

According to the report of the health authorities, Colombia reached 2,428,048 confirmed cases of COVID-19. In addition, the country already has 63,777 deaths, 2,300,887 recovered and 55,062 active cases.

For the results of this Friday, the National Institute of Health analyzed 29,873 PCR samples and 13,528 antigen, for a total of 43,401. More than 1,500 sources of contagion still existing in the country were also reported.

This is the comparison of the day with the previous one:

Coronavirus cases in Colombia today, April 2:

Antioquia consolidated in the first place in the daily report, as it has been happening for a couple of weeks, and today it has the highest number of new cases, with 3,008. Bogotá was located in second place and registered 1,805 more infected, followed by Barranquilla with 1,377 and Atlántico with 770, in the unfortunate ‘top 4’.

Valle (592), Santa Marta (342), Guajira (266), Cundinamarca (247), Cesar (219), Risaralda (191), Córdoba (187) and Caldas (167) follow on the list.

Deaths from coronavirus in Colombia today, April 2:

The death toll from the disease stood at 163, about 29 less than those reported the previous day. Most of the deaths reported correspond to months and days prior to this, a total of 146.

The youngest victim that appears in today’s report is a 24-year-old girl who lived in Valledupar (Cesar), whose death is under study. The oldest person reported to have died from coronavirus in the last hours was a 94-year-old man who lived in Bogotá and was diagnosed with Epoc.

This is the updated bulletin of coronavirus cases in Colombia today and its distribution in each department delivered by the Ministry of Health:

# ReportCOVID19 April 2:

8,084 recovered
10,222 new cases
163 dead

Samples: 43,401
CRP: 29,873
Antigen: 13,528

Total:

2,300,887 recovered
2,428,048 cases
63,777 deaths
12,833,890 processed samples
55,062 active cases https://t.co/SiKTpTCQ3W pic.twitter.com/FZoMud0c6d

– MinSaludCol (@MinSaludCol) April 2, 2021