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Colombia: After 10 days of protests, number of cases and of deaths from COVID-19 are the highest since March 2020
“Amid mostly peaceful Bogotá protests, Colombia reports record 530 Covid deaths”, 16 May 2021
...On Saturday…[15]....the Ministry of Health confirmed 530 deaths from coronavirus and 18,873 additional infections. The highest single day increase in deaths since the outbreak of the pandemic on March 6, 2020, raised the death toll to 80,780. Colombia’s total case count is 2,902.646. The last time, the country registered per day deaths above 500 was on April 29 with 505 victims...ICU occupation for Covid-19 patients Bogotá has also increased during the last several days and stands at 95% – or 109 units available of a total 2,162. Bogotá Mayor Claudia López was diagnosed with coronavirus on Friday and is self-isolating for 10 days...