have been dug up
BRASILIA/BOGOTA, Nov 25 (NNN-Xinhua) — Brazil’s COVID-19 death toll surpassed 170,000 on Tuesday, after 630 new death cases were reported in the past 24 hours, according to Brazil’s Ministry of Health.
The death number registered on Tuesday was more than twice as many as the 302 of Monday, raising its death toll to 170,115.
Brazil registered 31,100 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, almost doubling the 16,207 of Monday, bringing the total caseload to 6,118,708.
Brazil has the world’s second-highest COVID-19 death toll, after that of the United States, and the third largest outbreak, following the United States and India.
Separately, Colombia reported 7,515 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide tally to 1,262,494, Colombian health authorities said.
Meanwhile, 198 more deaths were reported, raising the nationwide death toll to 35,677, the authorities said, adding that 1,167,857 people have so far recovered from the disease.
The Colombian government has extended the selective quarantine phase until Dec 1 to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
The wife of Colombian President Ivan Duque, Maria Juliana Ruiz, has tested positive for COVID-19, the president’s office confirmed Tuesday.
“At this moment she is asymptomatic and following quarantine protocols established by the Ministry of Health,” the president’s office said in a statement. — NNN-XINHUA
