Colombia's COVID-19 deaths top 53,000

Colombia reported 371 more deaths from COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, raising the country's death toll to 53,284, the Ministry of Health and Social Protection said on Friday.

Up to 10,058 new COVID-19 cases were registered in the same period, taking the country's total caseload to 2,077,633,

The Colombian government has extended the health emergency over COVID-19 till Feb. 28, urging people to avoid crowds and observe safety measures to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. (/Xinhua)

( With inputs from ANI )

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