new cases and deaths today, October 28

This new report comes from the analysis of 49,190 samples. The National Institute of Health delivered the results of 30,035 PCR tests and 19,155 antigen tests.

This tracking confirms that the country has not stopped the contagion and has already reached 1,041,935 COVID-19 cases; in addition, it remains the eighth country in the world with the most infected.

Of that total, 30,753 they have died, and place Colombia in the 10th position in the world with the most victims of the pandemic; in addition, 941,874 managed to recover. In other words, the active cases are 66,912.

The bulletin also reported on 1,413 sources of contagion throughout the national territory.

Coronavirus cases in Colombia today, October 28:

On day 236 of the pandemic, Antioquia continued with the high numbers of its daily reports and this Wednesday it ranked first on the list with 2,109 cases. Bogotá is second with 1,741.

Valle was ranked third with 1,018 and followed, far from there, by Caldas (434), Santander (420), Huila (383), Cundinamarca and Quindío (294), Boyacá (288), Tolima (239), Norte de Santander ( 219), Casanare (163), Cauca (159), Nariño (128), Risaralda (123), Meta (118) and Cartagena (115).

Y below a hundred cases They are Cesar (79), Barranquilla (73), Atlántico (57), Córdoba (39), Santa Marta (38), Guaviare (33), Caquetá and La Guajira (29), Putumayo (17), Magdalena (13); Arauca, Bolívar and San Andrés (11), Chocó and Vichada (9), Amazonas (6), Sucre (5) and Guainía (3).

Deaths from coronavirus in Colombia today, October 28:

This Wednesday there were 188 deaths and 167 of them died in previous days, 4 in August, 6 in September and 178 so far in October.

The capital returned to the fore as the city that lost the most patients due to the disease, with 27. Then there are Valle with 23 and Antioquia with 22.

With less loss of victims, Santander (14); Huila, Norte de Santander and Tolima (13); Caldas, Cundinamarca and Risaralda (7), Boyacá (6), Cesar (5), Meta (4); Casanare, Cauca, La Guajira (3); Bolívar, Caquetá, Magdalena, Putumayo, Quindío, Santa Marta (2); Atlántico, Barranquilla, Cartagena, Guaviare, Nariño and Sucre (1).

In that sense, By age, the deaths occurred as follows:
– 0 to 9 years: no person.
– 10 to 19 years: one person.
– 20 to 29 years old: 3 people.
– 30 to 39 years: 7 people.
– 40 to 49 years: 9 people.
– 50 to 59 years: 26 people.
– 60 to 69 years: 49 people.
– 70 to 79 years: 51 people.
– 80 to 89 years old: 34 people.
– More than 90 years: 8 people.

The youngest victim of the day was a 17-year-old man in Pivijay (Magdalena) who suffered from diabetes and the oldest were two 95-year-old women. One lived in Piedecuesta (Santander) and the other in Garzón (Huila); both still have the comorbidities under study.

This is the newsletter of the day:

# ReportCOVID19 October 28:

8,992 recovered
8,717 new cases
188 dead

Samples: 49,190
CRP: 30,035
Antigen: 19,155

Total:

941,874 recovered
1,041,935 COVID-19 cases
30,753 deaths
4,887,294 samples processed
66,912 active cases https://t.co/SiKTpTCQ3W pic.twitter.com/0WDLS4xHib

– MinSaludCol (@MinSaludCol) October 28, 2020