There have been 475,902 confirmed cases of coronavirus and 52,06 deaths in Mexico since the beginning of the epidemic, reported the federal Ministry of Health. The head of Health Promotion, Ricardo Cortés Alcalá, pointed out that the estimated active cases in the country are 46,772.
Currently, 16 states are on high alert, according to the epidemiological traffic light. The other 16 states are orange, allowing public parks, restaurants, and coffee shops to open with reduced seating.
Nayarit and Nuevo León lead hospital occupation
Nayarit ranks first in occupancy of general hospital beds, followed by Nuevo León, Coahuila, Colima and Puebla. The beds in use nationwide are 13,093 of the 31,281 existing throughout the country.
Regarding beds with a fan, 3,892 are occupied of the 10,959 total in Mexico. Nuevo León tops the list of hospital occupancy of beds for critical patients, followed by Colima, Tabasco, Zacatecas and Baja California.
Coronavirus infections decrease in Aguascalientes
Aguascalientes, one of the states that has maintained a decline in its epidemic for two continuous weeks, has an estimated 434 active cases and 284 deaths since the beginning of the epidemic.
Rincón de Romos is the municipality with the highest incidence of the virus per one hundred thousand inhabitants in the state, as well as Calvillo and Aguascalientes.
Campeche has a downward trend in infections; Ssa asks to maintain sanitary measures
In Campeche, 603 deaths from coronavirus have been identified since the beginning of the epidemic, while the estimated active infections are 281.
The municipality of Candelaria has increased in the transmission of covid-19, while Campeche, Escárcega and Carmen, municipalities that have contributed to the development of the epidemic in the state, have a downward trend. However, Cortés warned that “this does not mean that the state of Campeche can go out, celebrate, and open all its socioeconomic activities.”
There are more than 2,400 active cases estimated in Nuevo León
In Nuevo León, there are 2 thousand 433 estimated active cases, and since the beginning of the coronavirus epidemic it is estimated that one thousand 460 people have died in the state due to the disease.
Monterrey, Guadalupe and San Nicolás de los Garza are the municipalities that have contributed the most to the epidemic at the local level, although they have shown a decrease in infections in recent weeks.
Covid-19 infections increase in the Queretaro municipality of Cadereyta de Montes
The state of Querétaro has reported 541 estimated deaths since the beginning of the epidemic, as well as 524 estimated active cases.
Cadereyta de Montes had an increase in coronavirus cases in the last epidemiological week, while the municipalities of Querétaro, which has contributed the most to the growth of the local epidemic, and Corregidora have registered a decrease in the transmission of the virus.
More than a thousand deaths from coronavirus are estimated in Quintana Roo
In Quintana Roo 1,115 deaths and 1,010 estimated active cases have been registered. The municipalities of Bacalar and Solidaridad reported an increase in the transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus compared to the previous week, for which Cortés called on the local population to “heed the indications of the state government.”
The other municipalities of the state have a declining trend, as is the case of Othón P. Blanco, which has the highest incidence of covid-19 per 100,000 inhabitants.
Tamaulipas registers more than a thousand deaths from coronavirus
There are 1,579 active cases estimated in Tamaulipas, where it is estimated that there have been 1,331 deaths from coronavirus since the beginning of the epidemic. The municipalities of Tampico, Victoria, Reynosa, Nuevo Laredo, Altamira and Matamoros report a downward trend in infections.
There are more than 2 thousand active infections estimated in Veracruz
Veracruz, where 2 thousand 312 estimated active infections and 3 thousand 102 estimated deaths are reported, presents a downward trend in the transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
“The municipalities of this beautiful state show how the incidence of the disease has decreased in all their municipalities,” indicated the general director of Health Promotion. He noted that the municipality of Veracruz had a regrowth in week 16, but registered a decrease in infections in recent weeks.
7 out of 10 children in Mexico are not exclusively breastfed
Even though breastfeeding increased in 2018 compared to 2012, seven out of every ten children in Mexico do not receive exclusive breastfeeding until six months, as recommended, warned Matthias Sachse Aguilera, the national health and nutrition official. at UNICEF Mexico.
“There is still a lot to do to ensure that every day, more and more children can benefit from these benefits of human milk,” he said. Breast milk can prevent obesity, diabetes, overweight, stimulates IQ, among other benefits.
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