new cases and deaths today, October 5

The Ministry of Health confirmed this Monday that Colombia reached 862,158 confirmed cases of COVID-19. In addition, the country reached the 26,844 deceased and 766,300 recovered.

That means that on day 213 of the pandemic 67,114 active cases, a number that continues to grow, since this Sunday they were 64,777 but last week the figure of 60,000 had been lowered.

For the results of this Monday, the National Institute of Health analyzed 32,661 tests, 28,094 were PCR samples and only 4,567 of antigen.

Coronavirus cases in Colombia today, October 5:

Bogotá remains the city most affected by the pandemic and registered another 2,011 infections, with which it reaches 276,839 in total. Valle was second at the beginning of this week with 680 cases and followed by Meta with 404.

Then Cundinamarca (348), Huila (331) and Antioquia (316), which had a significant drop, because even the weekend had overtaken the capital.

Cases were also reported in Cesar (298), Tolima (248), Cartagena (231), Santander (222), Cauca (214), Caquetá (198), Risaralda (194), Boyacá (183), Quindío (177), Norte de Santander (140), Barranquilla (123), La Guajira (115) and Caldas (114).

By under a hundred cases Regions of the country such as Nariño (96), Córdoba (86), Sucre (58), Putumayo and Vichada (45), Santa Marta (38), Casanare and Guaviare (36), Atlántico (27), Arauca (22), Magdalena (12), Chocó (6), Guainía (2) and San Andrés (1).

Deaths from coronavirus in Colombia today, October 5:

The death toll from the disease fell again, reaching 132. In addition, 123 of those victims belong to days before this Monday.

Bogotá had 20 deaths, Antioquia (19), Santander (14), Valle (12), Cesar (11), Cundinamarca and Norte de Santander (7), Córdoba (6), Boyacá (5), Magdalena, Risaralda and La Guajira (4), Huila, Meta, Cauca, Nariño and Caquetá (3), Quindío (2), Santa Marta, Guainía and Bolívar (1).

Meanwhile, by age, the victims were distributed as follows:
– 0 to 29 years: no person.
– 30 to 39 years: 2 people.
– 40 to 49 years: 7 people.
– 50 to 59 years: 30 people.
– 60 to 69 years: 26 people.
– 70 to 79 years: 33 people.
– 80 to 89 years old: 33 people.
– More than 90 years: 8 people.

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

# ReportCOVID19 October 5th:

4,626 recovered
7,106 new cases
132 dead

Samples: 35,973
CRP: 23,561
Antigen: 12,412

Total:

766,300 recovered
862,158 COVID-19 cases
26,844 deaths
3,930,262 samples processed
67,114 active cases https://t.co/SiKTpTCQ3W pic.twitter.com/CbXKYN5y59

– MinSaludCol (@MinSaludCol) October 5, 2020