Coronavirus in Mexico on May 22: in one day, there were 341 deaths

The Ministry of Health indicated that on May 22, they were already adding 221,597 deaths confirmed in Mexico by the new coronavirus (COVID-19). In other words, in the last 24 hours there has been 341 dead.

From the National Palace, he pointed out that Mexico City and the State of Mexico are the entities with the greatest number of active cases Estimates (with a start date of the last 14 days by the positivity index, by entity and epidemiological week). On a national level 18,786 such infections are calculated.

In addition, there are hundreds of suspicious deaths that could add up to the total in the next few hours. They also counted the patients 1,912,690 recovered and, on the other hand, they are recorded 1,1720,188 people with a complete immunization schedule.

According to the official, until this Friday there is a -86% reduction in bed occupancy rate across the country (general care and ventilator) since the last peak of cases. Regarding the beds of general hospitalization, He detailed that there are 11% of occupied spaces in the country and that those of mechanical ventilation, dedicated to severe COVID-19 patients, have an occupancy of 14%.

During Friday, May 21, 516,563 doses of the antigen against the SARS-CoV-2 virus were injected. In sum, 26,148,948 vaccinations have been applied to date. Of these, 17,858,127 (20%) are vaccinated; 11,720,188 (66%) have full revs and the remaining 6,137,939 are half revs (34%).

46.2300 (0.2%) were lost 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.

It has been recorded that 19,095 people had reactions (ESAVI) to the vaccine that was applied, however, only 373 were serious. Of these, 15,201 are related to Pfizer-BioNTech; 1,744 to AstraZeneca; 951 to SinoVac; 317 to Sputnik V; 866 to CanSino; 12 are unknown and 4 have performed abroad.

Mexico received 33 million 469 thousand 715 doses of vaccines pharmaceutical companies: Pfizer-BioNTech, AstraZeneca, Sinovac, Gamaleya National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology, as well as CanSino Biologics, including those packaged in Mexico in the Chinese drug’s Drugmex laboratory.

It should not be forgotten that between May 24 and 25, the first AstraZeneca vaccine lots which is packed in the laboratories of Mexican Pharmaceutical Liomont, which have undergone a high quality production process and are currently undergoing testing to confirm the potency of the vaccine.

Once this process is completed, the pharmaceutical company will hand over to the Federal Commission for the Protection against Health Risks (Cofepris), the documentation necessary for its analysis and, where applicable, the authorization for use.

55% of vaccines packaged in our country will remain on the national territory and the remaining 45% will be distributed in other Latin American countries, starting with Argentina, which produced the active substance.

As of Monday, May 24 and through Sunday, June 6, 16 states, or half of the country, will display the epidemic risk traffic light in green; 15 others will be in yellow and Quintana Roo, in orange. Again, no state is red with maximum alert.

Citizens have four ways to stay informed on vaccination and any other subject related to COVID-19, are:

– The site: vaccinacovid.gob.mx

– Al email: [email protected]

– At number: 55-3684-0370

– With virtual messaging assistants

Authorities are urging citizens to wear face masks, wash their hands at all times or use antibacterial gel and keep a healthy distance, whether they are already vaccinated or the color of the fire their entity is in.

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