Coronavirus in Mexico as of May 24: 48 deaths recorded on the last day

The Ministry of Health (SSa) reported that until Monday, May 24 They registered 221,695 deaths from coronavirus disease in Mexico. This means that in the last 24 hours they have been added 48 new deaths national statistics.

This is how he let it be known Ruy López Ridaura, director general of the National Center for Preventive Programs and Disease Control, which also detailed that from week 18 to 19 of 2021 a 9% decrease in estimated cases (sum of confirmed and suspected infections) nationally, including 2,583046 until the last cut. Likewise, 1,916,144 people have recovered from the disease.

“Yesterday we opened with a 10% discount and that’sfor several weeks we have been with a continuous decline that although we had a little peck at week 14, it’s actually a continuing decline that’s seen in the vast majority of states, ”the specialist said.

On the other hand, it has been reported that there is 16,091 (0.6%) active infections, which represents people who have had symptoms in the previous 14 days.

Regarding the maximum peak recorded, the occupation of the hospital to treat patients with COVID-19 it was reduced by 88 percent. During this time, the saturation of the general beds was 10% and 13% with a ventilator.

We are at a time of low transmission and our epidemic curve at the start

We must not forget that this Monday a new epidemiological risk traffic light came into effect. This mechanism indicates that Sonora, Sinaloa, Durango, Coahuila, San Luis Potosí, Jalisco, Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Querétaro, Hidalgo, Veracruz, Tlaxcala, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Guerrero and Morelos will be located in color verde; Baja California, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, Zacatecas, Nayarit, Colima, Michoacán, State of Mexico, Mexico, Puebla, Tabasco, Campeche and Yucatán, in color yellow ; and Quintana Roo in color Orange.

In the technical report of the SSa, it was announced that on May 23 the antigen had been injected into 175,747 people, thus cumulating 26,655,760 doses applied since December 24, 2020. In addition, the number of vaccines lost amounts to a total of 46,940 (0.2%).

Hugo López-Gatell, Undersecretary for Prevention and Health Promotion, clarified that the 20% of the population over 18 have already benefited from protectionOf this total, 11,794,554 have the full regimen and 6,543,480 have a single dose.

34,179,015 doses of the vaccine arrived in Mexico to prevent infection against SARS-CoV-2, of which 13,365,105 correspond to Pfizer-BioNTech, 6,786,600 to AstraZeneca, 7 million to SinoVac, 2,400,000 to Sputnik V and 4,645,310 to CansinoBio.

Three shipments of vaccine produced by Pfizer-BioNTech are expected to arrive this week. These are shipments of 114,660, 585,500 and 585,500 doses, which will arrive on May 25, 26 and 27. In addition, 2,200,000 organic products will be received from AstraZeneca.

The Undersecretary pointed out that the pandemic has fluctuations, in some countries it occurred in the first or second wave, while in others it occurred in the last peak. In this sense, he indicated that the activities should start to reopen to avoid a greater impact on the economy of the people.

On the other hand, the health agency has set up a call center on vaccination against the coronavirus. There, updated information is offered on guidelines, studies, modifications, among other data. The contact number is 5536840370. It is also accessible via the page vacunacovid.gob.mx.

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