Contagions decrease slightly: Colombia reports 7,049 new cases of covid-19 on March 29

The Ministry of Health and Social Protection reported: this Monday March 29 7.049 new cases of covid-19 in Colombia. In the last 24 hours, 42.981 proof which 29,130 ​​threads PCR and 13 851 on antigens.

The report also notes that, 124 Colombians died of the disease within the last 24 hours. In this way, the country reaches a total of 63,097 deaths since the virus reached the national territory.

By clustering all the figures, Colombia reached 2,398,799 infected, of which 44,616 are active cases and 2,273,909 correspond to positive cases which have already overcome the disease.

Regarding the regions with the most reported cases, Barranquilla leads infections with 1,643 cases; Antioquia follows with 1,442 and Bogotá appears in third place with 1,319.

There are 1,539 conglomerates in the country. The territories are: Amazonas, Antioquia, Arauca, Atlántico, Barranquilla, Bogotá, Bolívar, Boyacá, Buenaventura, Caldas, Caquetá, Cartagena, Casanare, Cauca, Cesar, Chocó, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, Guainía, Guaviainía, Huila, Huila. , Meta, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Quindío, Risaralda, San Andrés, Santa Marta, Santander, Sucre, Tolima, Valle del Cauca, Vaupés, Vichada

The Ministry of Health and Social Protection, by resolution 400 of March 25, 2021, allocated 244,800 doses of vaccines from the AstraZeneca laboratory.

These doses will be used to complete the vaccination of human talents among front-line health and support staff. “In total, 13,030 doses will be intended for human talents who belong to the first stage of the national vaccination plan against covid-19 in the capitals and metropolitan areas of the country”, explained the director of the promotion and prevention of the disease. Ministry of Health and Protection. Social, Gerson Bermont.

Likewise, he indicated that the remaining 231,770 doses of the vaccine from this laboratory will be intended for the vaccination of health personnel who work or exercise their activities in the health services located in the capitals or metropolitan areas of the country.

“In this way, we continue to move forward in the allocation and subsequent shipment of vaccines to the territories, in line with the availability we have in the country,” said Bermont.

Likewise, he recalled that the Pisis application was reopened, until April 5, for independent professionals who did not have the possibility to register, can do so.

Likewise, the official recalled that the AstraZeneca vaccine is safe and detailed that the conclusions of studies by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) indicated that the occurrence of certain events and the vaccine was no coincidence. .

“Como lo señalaron ambas organizaciones, el Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social acoge estas conclusiones y aplicará esta vacuna en el territorio nacional”, resaltó Bermont, haciendo un llamado a la ciudadanía ya los territorios para que se mantengan los buenos ritmos de vacunación this weekend.

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