The Ministry of Health in the evaluation of the covid-19 pandemic in the country showed a notable increase in infections by registering 3,252 new cases and the death of 16 people.
Figures that confirm that infections are rising again in different regions, taking into account that the The previous week, 2,112 new cases and 14 deaths were confirmed.
surveillance of the pandemic, between November 25 and December 1, revealed that 31,807 tests were assessed, of which which were 14,968 for PCR and 16,839 for Antigens.
In Colombia there are 3,582 active cases and 6 clusters in Amazonas, Bogota, Cesar, Cundinamarca, Risaralda and Tolima.
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The health authorities, led by the Ministry, indicated that the victims are all of legal age, from regions such as Bogotá, Barranquilla, Boyacá, Antioquia, Valle, Caldas, Santander, Arauca and Cundinamarca which had underlying diseases such as cardiovascular, COPD and cancer, while other cases are under study to determine the cause of death.
The new infections were registered mostly in Bogotá 1298, Valle 559, Antioquia 363, Santander 188, Barranquilla 176, Córdoba 89, Cundinamarca 84 and Cartagena 74.
Epidemiologists and infectious diseases doctors pointed out that vaccination against covid-19 is the best strategy to avoid further involvement of the virus.
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The increase in covid-19 infections in the country has alerted the health authorities, who remain under strict surveillance of the pandemic.
The Ministry of Health assured that the situation causes vigilance to be maintained, despite the fact that the figures do not show an increase in hospitalizations or deaths, due to covid-19, if it raises concerns about its high transmission and the additional mutations defined in different sublineages of the Omicron variant.
