In his report of this 5 of December, authorities of the Ministry of Health reported that Mexico reached the figure of 109 thousand deaths from Covid-19. In the last day added 593 new deaths.
In total, 109 thousand 456 deaths are reported by the new coronavirus since the start of the pandemic last February.
Meanwhile, he indicated that there are one million 168 thousand 395 confirmed cases of the virus throughout the country. That is, in the last 24 hours it added 11,625 infections.
For the fourth consecutive day in Mexico, more than 11,000 cases were registered.
Last Friday, the Ministry of Health reported that Veracruz was joining the states with a green traffic light, along with Chiapas and Campeche. However, two states turned red: Baja California and Zacatecas.
Read more: Veracruz goes to a green traffic light due to Covid; Baja California and Zacatecas, in red
The projections of the Mexican authorities indicate that in the country there are one million 346 thousand 44 estimated cases and they indicated that 6% of them, corresponding to 75 thousand 761, are those that represent the active epidemic, as they are patients who developed their symptoms in the last 14 days.
At a press conference in Mexico City, the general director of Epidemiology, José Luis Alomía, reported that there are 859 thousand 463 people recovered from the disease, and said that since the beginning of the pandemic, on February 28, in Mexico they have been studied 3 million 5 thousand 228 patients who had a positivity rate of 45%.
According to the data, the Mexican capital alone accumulates 16.6% of all deaths in the country.
In addition, it was reported that at the national level 61% of general hospital beds are available and 39% occupied, while in beds with ventilators, 67% are available and 33% occupied.
In the morning, the head of Government of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum, considered that the metropolis is at a critical moment due to the increase in Covid-19 contagions and hospital occupancy that has been registered in recent weeks.
During his second Government Report, Sheinbaum called on the citizens of the capital to stay at home and leave the end of the year festivities for a better occasion.
“I do not want to stop mentioning that we are in the city at a time of high contagion, critical, and only with citizen participation will we move forward,” Sheinbaum said in his speech.
“It is time to stay home, go out for what is necessary and, above all, postpone parties and meetings with family and friends for another time,” he added.
With the figures announced, Mexico remains the twelfth country with the most infections and the fourth with the most deaths in absolute numbers, according to Johns Hopkins University.
The Covid-19 It could become the second cause of death in the country by surpassing diabetes, which last year caused the death of 104,354 Mexicans, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi), which has yet to update the figures for 2020.
With information from EFE
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