Bogota, April 25 (IANS) Colombia registered 16,730 new Covid-19 cases over the past 24 hours, taking its nationwide tally to 2,757,274, the ministry of health and social protection said on Saturday.

The country also reported 440 more deaths, raising the national death toll to 70,886, the Xinhua news agency reported.

According to the ministry, a total of 4,318,314 doses of vaccine have been applied in the South American country, and 1,357,291 people have received a second jab.

--IANS int/rs