new cases and deaths today, December 21

Colombia fell to the tenth country in the world with the most infections, reaching 1,518,067 cases of COVID-19. Above are the United States, India, Brazil, Russia, France, England, Turkey, Italy, Spain, Argentina and Germany, in that order.

Further, There are already 40,680 victims left by the virus and 1,382,340 recovered.

In this sense, the country registers 90,945 active cases on the day. A high number compared to the previous week, since on December 14, 69,833 were reported.

Today’s new patients were detected by testing 47,447 samples (28,584 PCR tests and 18,863 antigen tests).

Coronavirus cases in Colombia today, December 21:

In the bulletin of the day, Antioquia came to the fore with 2,011 infections and then there is Bogotá with 1,217. Valle, for its part, reported 860 and Tolima approached that number with 851. Norte de Santander also rose to 700 new patients and Risaralda to 605.

With less cases they are Cundinamarca (576), Cartagena (511), Santander (493), Caldas (396), Barranquilla (382), Atlántico and Nariño (307 each), Quindío (260), Boyacá (247), Meta (226) , Huila (186), Caquetá (130), Santa Merta (110) and La Guajira (103).

AND below a hundred Cesar (99), Putumayo (52), Cauca (46), Sucre (39), Casanare (33), Bolívar (29), Magdalena (23), Guaviare (15), Córdoba (14), Chocó (8) appeared , Vichada (4), Arauca (3), Amazonas and San Andrés (1 each).

Deaths from coronavirus in Colombia today, December 21:

The death toll from the disease was 205; 170 of those victims belong to days before this Monday like this: one died in September, 4 in October, 3 in November and 199 in December.

The victims were distributed by regions like this:

• Bogota: 48
• Valley: 22
• Antioquia: 20
• North of Santander: 18
• Santander: 15
• Tolima: 13
• Cundinamarca: 10
• Quindío: 9
• Risaralda: 8
• Caldas: 6
• Barranquilla and Boyacá: 5
• Córdoba and Nariño: 4
• Atlantic, Caquetá, Cauca, La Guajira: 3
• Cesar: 2
• Cartagena, Casanare, Huila, Magdalena, Meta and Putumayo: 1

The youngest person to die, according to this report, was a man in his early 20s in Bogotá who suffered from hypertension and diabetes, and the oldest was a 103-year-old woman in Valledupar with a medical history under study.

According to that, by ages, the victims were distributed as follows:

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

# ReportCOVID19 December 21:

9,008 recovered
10,845 new cases
205 dead

Samples: 47,447
CRP: 28,584
Antigen: 18,863

Total:

1,382,340 recovered
1,518,067 cases
40,680 deaths
7,539,967 samples processed
90,945 active cases https://t.co/SiKTpTCQ3W pic.twitter.com/7QOziAdcS0

– MinSaludCol (@MinSaludCol) December 21, 2020