This is reported by the Ministry of Health of Colombia on Twitter.

It is clarified that on February 1, the country confirmed the recovery of 16 352 patients, 9622 new cases of infection and 289 deaths.

As a result, the number of recovered patients reached 1 954 674, patients with COVID-19 - 2 104 506, deaths - 54 272.

Earlier, the first case of a coronavirus strain detected recently in Brazil was identified in Colombia.