Bogota: Colombia reported 289 fresh corona death over the past 24 hours, With the addition of this figure,  the death toll reaches to 54,272. The Colombian National Institute of Health confirmed on Monday that two cases of the new COVID-19 variant that emerged in Brazil were identified in Colombia.

According to the Ministry of Health and Social Protection,up to 9,622 new COVID-19 cases were registered in the same period, taking the country's total caseload to 2,104,506. In view of increasing corona cases, the Colombian government has extended the health emergency over COVID-19 till February 28, urging people to avoid crowds and observe safety measures to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus

Talking about the global Coronavirus cases, the covid-19  rise unabated across the globe, with nearly 103.9 million infected by the deadly contagion. While 75,716,535 have recovered, 2,247,005 have died so far. The US remains the worst-hit country with 26,911,296, followed by India, Brazil, Russia and the United Kingdom. However, it terms of the total number of active cases, US tops the charts, followed by France, UK, Brazil and Belgium.India recorded 8,587 new Covid-19 cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). The total number of active cases in the country has fallen to 165,234, while the caseload tally stands at 10,767,206. 

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