In the last nine weeks there has been a progressive increase in COVID cases in the country; however, hospitalizations practically did not increase and deaths occur in a “minimum amount”, reported the Undersecretary for Prevention and Health Promotion, Hugo López-Gatell.
He explained that only 1% of beds with ventilators are occupied, 4% of general beds and on average five daily deaths are registered at the national level.
In the Health Pulse, in the morning conference, he explained that the BA4 and BA5 variants of COVID-19 predominate, so mild cases with less probability of lung damage are expected.
“The growth of the epidemic is slower than the fourth wave was and it is encouraging because it suggests that the immunity or protection that we all have, either because we suffered from COVID or because we were vaccinated, works and slows down the spread” , said.
the undersecretary @HLGatell points out that despite the increase in COVID cases, most are with predominantly mild symptoms and “hospitalizations practically do not increase” and deaths occur in a “minimum amount”. pic.twitter.com/VXrxxR74Zf
– Political Animal (@Pajaropolitico) June 21, 2022
Yesterday, the Ministry of Health detected 2,132 recent cases of COVID, for a cumulative total of 5,877,837 since the start of the epidemic.
According to the daily technical report, 9 more deaths from COVID were confirmed, for which there are at least 325,417 deaths recognized by the authorities.
Last week, for four consecutive days, Mexico registered more than 9,000 cases of COVID.
COVID vaccination of children
The undersecretary reported that more than 800,000 doses of COVID vaccine for children over 5 years of age will arrive on Thursday and one million 200,000 will arrive on Friday, June 24.
He explained that in the next few days the vaccination of children from 5 to 11 years of age will begin and that 3 million infants have been registered throughout the country.
So far, more than 3 million children between the ages of 5 and 11 have been registered to be vaccinated against COVID, reports the Undersecretary of Health. pic.twitter.com/GBha9crIHu
– Political Animal (@Pajaropolitico) June 21, 2022
On June 15, registration was opened so that children between 5 and 11 years old be vaccinated against COVID-19 in the coming days. Parents can register their children on the site mivacuna.salud.gob.mx .
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