The federal Ministry of Health reported on Monday, January 11, 7,594 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 infections throughout the country, as well as 662 new deaths.
The official number of accumulated infections in Mexico amounted to 1 million 541,633; while the number of total deaths reached 134,368. The current fatality rate for the disease caused by the coronavirus is 8%, according to the Health agency.
At a press conference at the National Palace, José Luis Alomía, director of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Health, said that since the beginning of the epidemic in our country, 3 million 879,629 people have been analyzed by means of a PCR diagnostic test with 44% of positivity. The health authority estimates that the national epidemic is made up of 84,161 active persons, that is, people who have presented symptoms in the last 14 days.
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Although the federal health authority has confirmed 1 million 541,633 accumulated cases of people who acquired the disease, it estimates that infections would reach 1 million 728,402 cases, of which 1 million 160,373 people have been recovered.
It indicated that of the 31,703 general beds for severe Covid-19 patients, 57% (18,185) are occupied, mainly in:
- Mexico City with 91%
- State of Mexico with 83%
- Guanajuato 83%
- Nuevo Leon with 87%
- Hidalgo with 79%
- Puebla with 73%
- Morelos with 71%
- Nayarit with 64%
- Baja California with 62%
- Sonora with 59%
- Querétaro with 57%
- Warrior with 57%
- Tlaxcala with 54%
- Jalisco with 50%
Of the 10,168 beds with mechanical ventilators for critical Covid-19 patients, 49% (4,954) are occupied, mainly in: Mexico City with 84%; State of Mexico with 81%; Nuevo León with 76%; Baja California with 58%; Morelos with 56%; Tlaxcala 54%; Hidalgo with 50 percent.
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