The toll of the coronavirus epidemic in Colombia exceeded 60,000 dead on Wednesday March 3, announced the Ministry of Health, one year after the appearance of the virus in this country on March 6, 2020. In its press release, the ministry indicates that 60,082 deaths linked to Covid-19 have been recorded and that the number of contaminations is close to 2.3 million.
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Colombia had passed the 50,000 dead mark on January 21, as it battled the second wave of the epidemic.
She is now beyond the critical phase and the daily numbers of deaths and infections have been declining for several weeks.
Colombia is currently the second Latin American country in terms of contagions, behind Brazil, and the third in terms of deaths behind Brazil and Mexico.
The government of President Iván Duque launched a massive vaccination campaign on February 17.