Colombia exceeds 11 thousand cases of coronavirus | THE UNIVERSAL



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On the afternoon of this Sunday, May 10, the Ministry of Health reported 568 new cases of coronavirus in the country, amounting to 11,063 infected in Colombia.

The new cases were identified in: Bogotá (127), Amazonas (94), Cartagena (92), Barranquilla (37), Nariño (34), Huila (31), Tolima (27), Atlántico (26), Meta (25 ), La Guajira (12), Valle (11), Córdoba (8), Boyacá (6), Bolívar (5), Cauca (5), Norte de Santander (5), Cundinamarca (5), Magdalena (5), Santa Marta (3), Sucre (2), Antioquia (2), Chocó (1), Putumayo (1), Caquetá (1), Quindío (1), Cesar (1) and Casanare (1).

The report also indicated that 6,484 tests were processed and that 2,705 people are already recovered from COVID-19 throughout the national territory.

18 dead

Among the 18 deceased there are twelve men: In the city of Leticia there were three deceivers, aged 45, 70 and 80 respectively; one of 82 years in Puerto Nariño (Amazonas), one of 95 years in Neiva, two of 25 and 27 years in Ibagué, four of 54, 63, 67 and 77 years in Bogotá and one of 89 years in Dagua (Valle).

While four cases are under study, the others had comorbidities such as smoking, chronic kidney disease, HIV, kidney disease, hypertension, obesity, COPD, and coronary heart disease.

The deaths of six women were also reported: one 39-year-old in Melgar (Tolima), one 49-year-old in Soledad (Atlántico), one 52-year-old in Cartagena, two 65-80 years old in Bogotá and a 3-year-old girl in Payán (Nariño), the latter without comorbidities. The others had a history of polyneuropathy, amitriophic lateral sclerosis, diabetes, chronic kidney failure, COPD, hypertension, and obesity.



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