Calculation of covid-19 infection and recovery ratio and proportionality in Colombia Cálculo de razón y proporcionalidad de personas contagiadas y recuperadas por COVID-19 en Colombia

Abstract

Introduction: an unprecedented outbreak of pneumonia of unknown etiology emerged in the city of Wuhan (Hubei, China) in December 2019. A novel coronavirus was identified as the causative agent and was subsequently named COVID-19 by the World Health Organization (WHO). Objective: to report on the calculation of COVID-19 infection and recovery ratio and proportionality. Methodology: the database including people infected with COVID-19 was used, with the information accumulated between March and July 2020 in Colombia. Results: it was evidenced that there has been a low percentage increase between the number of people infected with COVID-19, and the total population in Colombia, starting with 0.00179% in March, up to 0.392% in July. Conclusions: There has been a gradual increase in the number of COVID-19 infections in Colombia, throughout year 2020, recording 295,508 cases and 154,387 recovered patients by July 31 2020. This means that 56.14% of people have recovered throughout the country, reflecting an improvement of the number of COVID-19 recovered patients in Colombia.