Colombia reaches 1 million confirmed Coronavirus cases
Colombia reached 1 million confirmed coronavirus cases on Saturday, becoming the second country in Latin America to report that number in less than a week.
The nation of 51 million saw cases peak in August and has seen a decline since but still continues to register around 8,000 new infections a day.
Colombia has become the eighth country to hit 1 million confirmed coronavirus cases. The others are the United States, India, Brazil, Russia, France, Spain and Argentina - according to Johns Hopkins University data.
Overall, Latin America continues to register some of the highest caseloads, diagnosing more than 100,000 confirmed infections each day, though the World Health Organization reports that Europe is now seeing even larger numbers as a second virus wave strikes.
At: https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2020-10-24/colombia-reaches-1-million-confirmed-coronavirus-cases
Health workers disinfect each other after taking blood samples during a COVID-19 seroprevalance test study in Medellín, Colombia.
The country became the eighth in the world to reach 1 million confirmed cases yesterday. The pandemic has thus far claimed over 30,000 lives in the country — the world's 11th highest death toll.
