What are the dominant covid variants in the country? INS responds

As of January 5, 16,259 new cases of contagion of coronavirus in Colombia and 40 more deaths.

(See: Massive events, at risk due to the omicron peak in Colombia).

Total, the country accumulated 5,219,633 total infections, while the figure of deaths reached 130,140.

In recent days, infections have increased in the national territory, but What are the predominant variants?

As revealed by the National Institute of Health (INS), “the gamma, delta and mu variants continue to be the most prevalent in the country“.

Likewise, the entity confirmed the circulation of the omicron variant, the last one that has generated an alert, in Atlántico, Antioquia, Bogotá, Bolivar, Córdoba, Magdalena, Quindio and Valle del Cauca.

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The circulation of 162 lineages (79 delta variant and 2 mu variant sublineages) was also confirmed.

“Colombia exceeds 11,000 reported genomes“concluded the INS.

(See: Increase in omicron cases could create more dangerous variants).

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