Coronavirus in Mexico on March 12: how many new deaths have been recorded in 24 hours

The afternoon of this Friday March 12, 2021, from the National Palace, the health authorities reported the existence of 709 new deaths caused by COVID-19 disease in the last 24 hours. With this, a a total of 193,851 deaths from the start of the health emergency.

However, there is also 1,696,739 people who have recovered and obtained their leave after treating the symptoms. In addition to 609,460 cases in which both men and women received the full immunization schedule against the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the country.

In addition, on the sixth day of the eighth epidemiological week, the existence of 2,352,147 estimated cases. In contrast, 46,291 people (2%) experienced symptoms in the past 14 days, Therefore, they are considered active cases and may contribute to the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus among the rest of the population.

Also, the doctor Ricardo Cortés Alcala, Director General of Health Promotion, said that in the past 24 hours there has been a record 6,743 new cases. With this, from the first recorded case, 2,157,771 people were diagnosed as positive patients for the contagion of the novel coronavirus.

On another side, 5,737,083 people were studied, of which, 3139893 showed a negative result in screening tests. In contrast, this week the positivity was 26%. In this way, about 2 to 3 in 10 people who have been tested will find the virus to be active.

Regarding the saturation of hospitals, the official reported that 26% of general beds in the country are occupied and the figure is the same as that recorded the day before. In this direction, Of the 32,442 beds without assisted breathing, 8,077 are in service and 23,365 are available. In addition, none of the entities presented indices greater than 50% of the profession.

Meanwhile, seven states reported occupancy between 30 and 49 percent, while 25 reported occupancy below 30 percent.

On the other hand, in beds equipped with ventilation support, that is, for the care of patients in intensive therapy, it was announced that the national occupation is at the 29 percent. In reality, Of the 11,174 ventilation beds in Mexico, 3,210 are occupied and 7,964 are available.

Only Mexico finds a point above half of its hospital capacity in intensive care beds (51%). Below this ranking are seven states with values ​​ranging from 30 to 49 percent. The 24 entities with less than 30% of their beds occupied stand out.

Regarding vaccination, the doctor Hugo López-Gatell Ramírez, Undersecretary for Prevention and Health Promotion, said the day of today 147,891 doses have been placed nationwide. The figure represents more than 100,000 fewer injections than those given yesterday at 4:00 p.m.

Thus, since December 24, 2020, the date on which the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was applied, a cumulative total of 4,005,131 applied doses is recorded, or 74 percent of the cumulative amount received. On the other hand, 2,379 doses were declared lost, although they represent only 0.06%.

In the second stage of vaccination, 2,552,981 adults over 60 received the first dose of vaccination. So far, more than 800,000 health workers are waiting to complete the immunization program, while teachers in Tabasco are already fully protected.

Finally, 11,578 people represented an event allegedly attributable to the immunization vaccination (ESAVI), which represents 0.3% of the people who received the injection. As, only 79 cases were classified as serious.

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