COVID-19 pandemic in Colombia

COVID-19 pandemic in Colombia
DiseaseCOVID-19
Virus strainSARS-CoV-2
LocationColombia
First outbreakWuhan, Hubei, China
Index caseBogotá
Arrival date6 March 2020
(4 years, 3 weeks and 2 days)
Confirmed cases6,380,026[1]
Recovered6,216,921[2]
Deaths
142,727[1]
Fatality rate2.25%
Government website
Boletín Epidemiológico

The COVID-19 pandemic in Colombia was a part of the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was confirmed to have reached Colombia on 6 March 2020.[3][4]

Up to January 2022, four waves affected Colombia: Infections and deaths peaked in August 2020, again in January 2021 following the Christmas holidays, reached new highs between April and June 2021, and a fourth wave was confirmed in late December 2021 following the arrival of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2.[5]

"Confirmed COVID-19" was the primary cause of death in Colombia in 2020, where the virus caused over 50,000 fatalities by the end of the calendar year. An additional 13,000 deaths in Colombia that year were suspected to be caused by COVID-19, making "suspected COVID-19" the third most common cause of death.[6] The "confirmed COVID-19" death toll doubled during the first half of 2021, reaching 100,000 before the end of June (including all deaths from the beginning of the pandemic).[7]

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  2. ^ "Colombia COVID - Coronavirus Statistics - Worldometer". Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Colombia confirms its first case of coronavirus". Reuters. 6 March 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Colombia confirma su primer caso de COVID-19". minsalud.gov.co. Archived from the original on 9 March 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Colombia enters fourth wave with Omicron and Delta". The City Paper Bogotá. 30 December 2021. Archived from the original on 30 December 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  6. ^ "El covid-19 fue la primera causa de muerte el año pasado". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 26 March 2021. Archived from the original on 27 March 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Covid-19: la tragedia que está dejando dos muertos cada cinco minutos". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 20 June 2021. Archived from the original on 20 June 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.