Coronavirus in Mexico as of March 27: 567 deaths have been recorded in the last 24 hours

The afternoon of this Saturday March 27, 2021, of the National Palace, the health authorities reported 567 new deaths from COVID-19 disease in the past 24 hours. With this, a total of 201,429 deaths since inception health emergency.

According to the data of the written technical report, in the last 24 hours, 4,922 new infections were recorded, with which there is a total of 2,224,767 cumulative confirmed cases since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

However, there is also 1,759,123 people who recovered and were granted medical leave after studying the symptoms. In addition to 823,284 cases in which both men and women benefited from the full scheme vaccination against the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the country.

In addition, on the seventh day of epidemiological week number 10, the existence of 2,419,218 estimated cases. On another side, 36,197 people (1%) 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.

Regarding hospital saturation, the doctor Santa Elizabeth Ceballos Liceaga, Director of the epidemiological surveillance of communicable diseases, indicated that 20% of the country’s general beds are occupied. In this direction, of the 31,355 beds without assisted breathing, 6,132 are in service and 25,223 are available. Additionally, none of the states had more than 50 percent occupancy on the last day.

Meanwhile, two states reported occupancy between 30 and 49 percent, meaning four states have passed the minimum occupancy level. In this way, 30 states occupy less than 30 percent of such beds.

On the other hand, in beds with ventilation support, that is to say for the care of patients in intensive care, it was announced that the national occupation is at 23%. In fact, the figure was a percentage point below what was reported yesterday. In the same wayOf the 11,077 ventilation beds in Mexico, 2,585 are occupied and 8,492 are available.

In addition, six states reported occupancy ranging from 30 to 49 percent and 26 entities have less than 30% occupancy in beds equipped with a fan.

Regarding vaccination, the doctor José Luis Alomía Zegarra, Director General of Epidemiology, assured that Today, 173,665 injections have been performed nationwide. Thus, since December 24, 2020, the date on which the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was applied, a cumulative amount of 6,724,789 applied doses was recorded.

In the second stage of vaccination, the priority sectors that will be vaccinated with the personal healthIn this group, a full vaccination was performed in 72 percent of people. On another side, 77% of teachers in Campeche meet the same condition. In the case of the elderly, 5,020,017 received at least one dose, while 4 percent received both doses.

On events presumed to be attributable to immunization vaccination (ESAVI), Of the total number of people who received the injection, 13,135 experienced some type of reaction after its application. Of this total, 116 were classified as serious and hospital intervention was required. However, in neither case was the life of the patients endangered. In fact, the total ESAVI corresponds to 0.2% of the inoculated population.

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