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Colombia ranked 15th, out of 206 countries, in per capita deaths from covid-19

According to a comparison of coronavirus deaths in 206 countries relative to their population, Peru had the highest number of COVID-19 losses as of December 1, 2021.

As of the same date, the virus had infected more than 262.8 million people worldwide, and the number of deaths totaled more than 5.2 million. However, the test rates of covid-19 may vary by country. In addition, large differences appear between countries when combining the number of deaths with confirmed cases.

The study shows that Colombia ranked 15th with 5.07 confirmed cases for the stipulated period, with 128,586 confirmed deaths in total and 2.55 per million.

This, due to the fact that the National Vaccination Plan was late and at first it materialized at a slow pace; Furthermore, the indiscipline of some citizens and the reluctance to get vaccinated continues to be critical to contain the virus.

According to the most recent report from the Ministry of Health, in the last hours 2,299 positive cases of coronavirus were confirmed in the country, and at this time 13,638 are active.

In the positions prior to Colombia are Armenia, Argentina, Croatia, Brazil, Romania, Hungary, among others.

Where do these numbers come from?

The figures shown were compiled by Johns Hopkins University, a source that manually verifies the data with national health authorities. For most countries, this comes from the national authorities.

In some cases, such as China, the United States, Canada or Australia, reports from cities or other various state authorities were consulted. In this statistic, these separately reported numbers were pooled.

See the full report HERE.

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