Colombia reports 293 new infections of covid-19 this March 23

The Ministry of Health reported, this Wednesday, March 23, 2022, 293 new cases of covid-19 in Colombia. In the last 24 hours, 25,171 tests were processed, of which 7,708 are PCR and 17,463 are antigens.

The report also notes that 19 Colombians died of the disease on the last day. In this way, the country reaches a total of 139,508 deaths due to the virus since the start of the pandemic.

By aggregating all the figures, Colombia reached a total of 6,082,226 infections, of which 5,292 are active cases and 5,914,578 correspond to positive cases that have already managed to overcome the disease.

As for the regions with the most reported cases, Bogotá leads with 106 infected, followed by Norte de Santander with 43 infections and in third place Antioquia with 29.

There are 199 conglomerates in the country. The territories are: Amazon, Antioquia (Ituango), Arauca, Atlántico, Barranquilla, Bogota, Boyaca, Bolivar, Buenaventura, Caldas, Caqueta, Cartagena, Casanare, Cauca, Cesar, Choco, Cordoba, Cundinamarca, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Nariño, North Santander, Putumayo, Quindio, Risaralda, San Andres, Santa Marta, Santander, Sucre, Tolima , Valle, Vaupés, Vichada, Guaviare and Guainia.

This is how vaccination is going in the country

The most recent report from the Ministry of Health also indicates that as of 11:59 on Monday, March 21, 2022, a total of 79,809,930 doses of the vaccine against covid-19 had already been applied in Colombia.

According to the same report, the number of Colombians with the complete vaccination schedule, that is, those who have already received both doses of the biological, is now 28,156,936 people, while 6,297,444 people have been immunized with single doses. Likewise, 9,906,882 booster doses have been applied.

Similarly, during the last day, a total of 26,416 vaccines were applied, of which 7,572 were for the second injection, while another 1,341 were single-dose.

On the morning of this Wednesday, March 23, the Ministry of Health of Bogotá announced new public health provisions. Among these measures, some changes in the vaccination scheme against covid-19 stand out.

One of the most important announcements, on immunization, is that from now on citizens will be able to apply a fourth dose, provided that they are over 18 years of age and have some form of comorbidity, such as immunodeficiency or transplants. This was indicated by the Secretary of Health, Alejandro Gómez, from the Child Welfare Center.

“These are people who have had kidney, heart, liver, or bone marrow transplants. Or people who have autoimmune diseases, such as lupus erythematosus, vasculitis, and other diseases that compromise the immunity of people,” said the official, adding that for the start of this process only vaccines from the pharmaceutical company Pfizer will be applied.

“We have enough doses to care for all people who require their second dose and their first or second booster. This is the change that has taken place in our scheme and is supported by the best scientific evidence,” explained Gómez, who highlighted that the booster dose was what protected the capital of the country from the peak of infections by the omicron variant.

Following this, the Secretary of Health said that, from this moment on, the second dose against covid-19 can be combined with a biological different from that applied in the first immunization. Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, Sinovac and Janssen vaccines can be combined with each other, remembering that children between 3 and 11 years old are only eligible to receive their first and second doses of Sinovac.

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