Map of the coronavirus in Mexico April 23: half of the country on alert for an increase in infections

When publishing the report on the situation of the pandemic in Mexico from the National Palace, the director general of epidemiology, José Luis Alomía Zegarra, reported that in the last days of epidemiological week 14 there was a two percentage point increase in the epidemic curve from week 13; due to the Easter holidays and increased mobility.

The above is result that 16 states show an increasing trend the behavior of the disease, without the results still representing a regrowth or a third wave. However, the public official indicated, the number of states fluctuates from day to day.

The entities that have experienced this change in their epidemic curve are Baja California Sur, Coahuila, Colima, Chihuahua, Mexico, Durango, State of Mexico, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Morelos, Nayarit, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosí, Sonora, Tamaulipas and Tlaxcala.

Due to the above and the so-called early warning in Mexico, the official called on local authorities to take the necessary measures and don’t wait for the disease transmission rate to reach high levels.

“If this means the start of a nationwide regrowth, it is still too early to say so, but we are communicating and showing it. By having this early signal, if we continue to implement preventive measures or take advantage of them to strengthen them, then obviously we will be able to see control, and if it occurs in most or all states, because the curve could stabilize, reach a plateau in the following weeks, or even decrease again, ”explained Alomía on the future of the epidemic in Mexico.

Current overview of the coronavirus in Mexico

The Ministry of Health (SSa) reported that as of Thursday, April 22, 2,319,519 cases of cumulative coronavirus (COVID-19) infections had been recorded. In addition, since the start of the epidemic, Mexico has suffered 214,095 deaths from the disease.

This means that there has been an increase in 3708 infected In last 24 hours, as good as 498 deaths. Also there are 1,841,964 people recovered, 3,731,161 negative cases and a total of 6 487 007 people studied of the first case.

In addition, the Dr José Luis Alomía, Director General of Epidemiology, detailed from the National Palace that to date, there are estimates in the country 25,462 active cases disease; that is, patients who started showing symptoms within the past 14 days (April 9-22, 2021).

In this direction, entities with a greater number of active cases of SARS-CoV-2 in descending order are the Mexico City, State of Mexico and Chihuahua, that as a whole concentrate the 49% such cases in the country.

Regarding the day of the national vaccination strategy, the authorities revealed that they had applied 15 million 477 thousand 517 doses of the 21 million 24 thousand 445 received since December 23, formulas Pfizer-BioNTech, AstraZeneca, SinoVac, Sputnik V y Cansino.

These have been used for frontline medical staff dealing with the pandemic, adults over 60, and educational staff in Campeche, Chiapas, Veracruz, Tamaulipas, Coahuila and Nayarit.

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