Under observation | Most Covid-19 victims were already ill

Hypertension, diabetes and obesity significantly increase the chances of a patient dying from Covid-19 coronavirus.

According to official data, 76% of those who died from the disease in Mexico had a pre-existing condition, even 45% had more than one condition at the time of death.

Thirteen days after the end of the national Sana Distancia day, the Secretary of Health (SSa) reported that this Sunday, May 17, there were 132 more deaths from Covid-19 than the last update, that is to say, 5 thousand 177 deaths product of this global pandemic due to Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2).

For his part, the undersecretary of Prevention and Health Promotion, Hugo López-Gatell Ramírez reported that there are 49 thousand 219 confirmed cases accumulated since the monitoring of this health epidemic began, as well as 582 suspicious deaths, 11 thousand 105 confirmed cases assets, and 27 thousand 507 accumulated suspects, from a universe of 172 thousand 294 people studied.

The region with the greatest activity is the Valley of Mexico, which is in the plateau stage, in the stability stage, in terms of the number of new cases that will soon begin to drop, but at the same time that this happens, we also have different cities that will detail them tomorrow. or the day after tomorrow, showing them the prediction curves and the identified cases, you will see how there are areas that are just beginning to have transmission, ”López-Gatell reported.

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To show the national map, the SSa official pointed out that there are practically no changes, highlighting that Mexico City and the State of Mexico concentrate the highest number of contagions by heading the list of the states of the Republic with 21,859 accumulated cases , followed by Baja California with 3 thousand 255, Tabasco (2 thousand 381), Sinaloa (thousand 927), Veracruz (thousand 925) and Puebla (thousand 449).

With information from Jacob Sánchez | The Sun of Mexico

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