Map of coronavirus in Mexico September 5: Colima, Tabasco, CDMX and NL, states with the most active cases

At the close this Saturday, the Ministry of Health (SSa) said it had recorded 3,420,880 case COVID-19 and 262,868 deaths accumulated since the start of the pandemic in Mexico; however, in the last 24 hours, 15,586 new cases and 647 deaths.

According to the daily technical report, the epidemiological week number 33 closed with a decrease of 13% estimated cases of SARS-CoV-2 compared to the previous week.

There is also 110 886 estimated active cases, representing 3% of the total reported throughout the pandemic, that is, people who have shown symptoms of the disease in the past 14 days (August 22 to September 4, 2021) and that if all sanitary measures are not maintained, they could potentially contribute to the transmission of the virus.

In this direction, Colima, Tabasco, Mexico, Nuevo León, Querétaro, Campeche, Nayarit, San Luis Potosí, Yucatán and Baja California Sur, These are the states with the highest rate of active cases per 100,000 population.

Regarding cases estimated by age group, the agency said that over the past five weeks, most cases have occurred in the group of 18 to 29 years old age, followed by the group of 30 to 39 years old and 40 to 49 years old.

Regarding hospital capacity, the occupancy rate of general beds has decreased by one percentage point in the last 24 hours to stand at 47%, and that of beds with mechanical ventilators remained at 43%.

With the numbers above, Mexico remains fourth country in the world with the most deaths from coronavirus, only below the United States, Brazil and India; and it’s number 13 in number of infections, according to the latest update from Johns Hopkins University.

COVID traffic light

The federal agency updated this Friday the epidemiological semaphore of the coronavirus, which will be in force soon From September 6 to 19.

On the official website, the government of Mexico indicated that the country would be colored as follows:

In colour “Red“(Maximum risk of contagion) there will be no status, which has not happened since the July 2 update. The latest were Colima, Guerrero, Puebla, Hidalgo, Tabasco, Tamaulipas and Nuevo León, two weeks ago.

On the contrary, in color “green“(Low risk) The Chihuahua returns and Chiapas remains, as it was all in 2021.

At “yellow“Or at moderate risk, there will be 13 states, six more than the last assessment: as had already been announced this morning, Mexico is added to Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sinaloa, Durango, Coahuila, Zacatecas, Nayarit , Jalisco, Guanajuato, Michoacán, Oaxaca and Quintana Roo.

While in “Orange“(At high risk) will be for the second consecutive time 17 entities: Sonora, Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Aguascalientes, Veracruz, State of Mexico, Querétaro, Puebla, Hidalgo, Morelos, Tlaxcala, Guerrero, Colima, Tabasco, Campeche and Yucatan.

Progress of the National Vaccination Plan against COVID

This September 3 until 9:00 p.m., they added 58 749 621 people immunized with at least one dose against COVID-19, representing 65% of the adult population, of which 60%, which is equivalent to 35 425 324, has a complete diagram, and 40%, that is to say 23 324 297, started the diet.

Since December 24, they are provided 86 793 531 biologicals and 16 states report progress 71% to 92% in immunization coverage.

On the other hand, they were lost 63 945 doses that reached Mexico. These losses are also taken into account by the vaccination schedule, because before the pandemic this phenomenon was recorded due to complications related to their transfer.

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