latest news today March 5 of new cases and deaths

With those who died from COVID-19 today, Colombia reached a total of 60,300 dead people since the pandemic began, today the day before the first year of confirming the arrival of the disease in the country.

The 23,855 PCR samples and 17,135 antigen samples also confirmed that the country exceeds 2,269,582 confirmed cases, although the number of assets fell to 33,950, thanks to the 2,168,149 people recovered.

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

Coronavirus cases in Colombia today, March 5:

Bogotá continues to be the area in the country most affected in daily cases with 709. Later, Antioquia continues to appear with 786 new patients and Valle, with 293.

Barranquilla (181), Cundinamarca (173), Atlántico and Santa Marta (168 each), Córdoba (162), Magdalena (146) and Santander (116) were also reported on the list.

And below one hundred cases are most of the regions like this: Boyacá (96), Risaralda (61), Quindío (60), Sucre (58), Cartagena (56), Norte de Santander (46), Nariño (45 ), Caldas and Huila (41), Amazonas (40), Cesar (35), Tolima (34), La Guajira (29), Casanare (25), Cauca (23), Bolívar (18), Arauca (10), Putumayo (7), Guaviare (4), Chocó (3) and Caquetá (2).

Deaths from coronavirus in Colombia today, March 5:

The death toll from the disease stood at 111; 92 of those victims belong to days before this Friday, and the report keeps appearing patients who lost the fight in other months like this:

• October: one deceased.
• January: 3 deaths.
• February: 7 deaths.
• March: 100 deaths.

Equally, the regions that registered the deaths were:

• 20: Bogota
• 13: Antioquia
• 12: Santander
• 10: Valley
• 7: Cundinamarca
• 6: Boyacá
• 5: Barranquilla, Magdalena and Santa Marta
• 4: Cesar and Córdoba
• 3: Atlantic
• 2: Amazonas, Caquetá, Cauca and Norte de Santander
• 1: Bolívar, Caldas, Cartagena, Nariño, Putumayo, Quindío, Risaralda, Sucre and Tolima

The youngest person to die in this report was a baby of just 2 years old in La Jagüa de Ibirico (Cesar) without comorbidities and the oldest was a 94-year-old man in San Onofre who suffered from hypertension.

In that sense, by age, the victims are:

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

# ReportCOVID19 March 5th:

3,711 recovered
3,371 new cases
111 dead

Samples: 40,990
CRP: 23,855
Antigen: 17,135

Total:

2,168,149 recovered
2,269,582 cases
60,300 deceased
11,655,186 samples processed
33,950 active cases https://t.co/SiKTpTCQ3W pic.twitter.com/n7mJeW4a9Y

– MinSaludCol (@MinSaludCol) March 5, 2021