Authorities found the helicopter in a stretch of the river Inirida in Guaviare state, an area where dissident former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas are active.
The government disclosed last week that a Casa de Narino security guard and 13 soldiers from the Presidential Guard Battalion tested positive for coronavirus.
The defense minister said that close to 253,000 people took part in "622 activities from marches to rallies to other kinds of movements" in 350 municipalities of 31 Colombian provinces.