Colombia death toll from Covid-19 tops 100,000
Colombia's death toll from Covid-19 passed the 100,000 mark on Monday with a new 24-hour record of almost 650 deaths, medical ministry said.
After three weeks of demonstrations that contain brought thousands of individuals into the streets to protest the government of conservative President Ivan Duque, the South American country of 50 million is suffering its worst moment because the pandemic began.
It has recorded 100,582 dead, including 648 during the past a day, the ministry said.
Compared to its population, Colombia is reporting the fourth worst death toll in Latin America and the Caribbean, and the sixth for the amount of infections, according to an AFP count.
"A lot more than 10,000 deaths might have been avoided if we had not had these gatherings in the past six or seven weeks," Duque said in a statement.
The health authorities identified a resurgence of the virus in early April, and slapped restrictive measures for instance a nightly curfew on the main cities.
But since April 28, a large number of Colombians have proved to protest in the pub, spurred on by much handed police response, even while the federal government scrapped a controversial tax hike.
