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Coronavirus cases in Colombia: March 30 update

Our regular roundup of the country’s COVID-19 cases

Colombian COVID-19 cases had risen to 798 by March 30.

Key events since our last update:

  • 190 new coronavirus cases in previous two days
  • 798 cases reported since March 6
  • 14 deaths so far, including two younger victims
  •  INS predicts 3,000 COVID-19 deaths in Colombia

Colombia’s COVID-19 cases are slowly rising but yet to see the rocketing growth experienced by other worse stricken countries. Is this good news? Or a calm before the storm? And how far can we trust the testing?

Steve Hide: Steve Hide is a veteran journalist and NGO consultant with decades of experience working in Colombia and around the world. He has coordinated logistics for international NGOs in countries including Colombia, Venezuela and Zimbabwe. He provides personal safety training for journalists via the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and his journalistic work has appeared in The Telegraph, The Independent, The Bogotá Post and more. He's also the Editor in Chief of Colombiacorners.com, where he writes about roads less travelled across Colombia.

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