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The coronavirus claimed the lives of 16 more people in Magdalena

With the death of 16 people infected by COVID-19 in Magdalena, of which their comorbidities are under study, the number of fatalities in the Department arrived at 588, as announced by the National Institute of Health (INS), in the report corresponding to Saturday, August 22.

According to the INS report, In the District of Santa Marta, two 57-year-old women lost their lives, as did three others, 82, 85 and 67, respectively, as well as two men aged 30 and 51, with whom the deaths in the capital of Magdalena reached 292.

For its part, a 75-year-old man and an 86-year-old woman became the first two victims fatalities from COVID-19 in the municipality of Guamal.

Meanwhile, the number of deaths in the Foundation increased to 17, with the deaths of an 83-year-old man and a 66-year-old woman, While in the neighboring municipality of Aracataca, two women aged 86 and 75 died, this population reaching 10 human losses due to the coronavirus to date.

Likewise, In Puebloviejo, a 50-year-old man became the 28th dead in the municipalityJust as a 50-year-old woman is deceased number 22 in El Banco, and in Plato a 62-year-old man became deceased number 9 in the town.

New infections

According to the National Institute of Health, during this day 33,967 PCR tests were processed throughout the country and 6,768 of antigens, resulting in 10,965 new cases, of which 173 correspond to Magdalena, where a total of 11,149 infections have occurred since the declaration of the pandemic last March.

Likewise, the INS clarified that the 173 new infections in the department of Magdalena, 116 are in the District of Santa Marta, while the remaining 37 belong to other municipalities.

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