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Health reports 16 thousand 214 new cases of Covid-19 and 23 deaths in 24 hours

The Ministry of Health reported this Saturday 16 thousand 214 new cases of Covid-19 in the country and 23 deaths during the last 24 hours, which brings infections to 5,956,732 and deaths to 325,576 since the pandemic began.

In its technical report, the agency announced that in the country there are 113 thousand 471 estimated active cases, with an incidence rate of 83.4 per 100 thousand inhabitants, in the last fifteen days.

Mexico City, Baja California Sur, Quintana Roo, Yucatán, Sinaloa, Nuevo León, Colima, San Luis Potosí, Querétaro and Campeche are the entities that account for most of the active cases.

As for the confirmed cases, 52.3% are women, with an average age of 38 years. The distribution by sex in confirmed deaths shows a predominance of 62% in men. The median age at death is 64 years.

So far, the availability of general beds and beds with mechanical ventilators is located in 95% and 98% respectively.

The agency called on parents and caregivers of children between the ages of five and 11, to stay tuned for the call issued by the state health authorities to attend vaccination points in order to immunize those in this age range with the Pfizer-BioNTech pediatric vaccine.

In the place mivacuna.salud.gob.mx The registry for universal vaccination against COVID-19 remains open for girls and boys aged five to 11, as well as for adolescents aged 12 and over, and adults who for some reason have not started or completed the scheme, or have not applied reinforcement.

The Ministry of Health recommends maintaining basic prevention measures: use of face masks where necessary and in accordance with the provisions of each locality; as well as healthy distance, frequent hand washing with soap and water or application of alcohol-gel and ventilation of spaces.

In addition, follow the indications of your local and state authorities regarding sanitary measures. In case of presenting symptoms of Covid-19, the person must isolate yourself for at least seven days and monitor the evolution of the disease.

He recalled that vaccination is the most important measure to reduce the risk of presenting a serious condition or dying from this disease, so he invited people 12 years of age and older who have not started or completed the scheme, as well as those over 18 years that the reinforcement has not been applied to come to be immunized.

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