Coronavirus in Mexico as of May 23: with 50 deaths in 24 hours, the country is approaching its lowest level in a year

Until Sunday May 23 They registered 221,647 deaths caused by coronavirus disease in Mexico. This means that in the last 24 hours, 50 new deaths national statistics.

This is one of the lowest numbers of reported deaths in the country, reinforcing the argument that the Ministry of Health (SSa) has made in recent weeks regarding the decrease in confirmed infections and, consequently, deaths. caused by SARS-CoV-2. virus.

This is how he let it be known Christian Arturo Zaragoza Jiménez, Director of Epidemiological Information, who also detailed that from week 18 to 19 of 2021 a 10% decrease in estimated cases (sum of confirmed and suspected infections) nationally, including 2,582573 until the last cut. Likewise, 1,914,101 people have recovered from the disease.

On the other hand, it has been reported that there is 18,074 (0.7%) 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 87 percent. During this time, the saturation of the general beds was 10% and 13% with a ventilator.

We must not forget that this Monday, May 24, a new epidemiological risk traffic light will come into force. In this mechanism it is indicated 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 22 the antigen was injected into 323,429 people, cumulating 26,478.866 doses applied since December 24, 2020. In addition, the number of vaccines lost amounts to a total of 46,779 (0.2%).

“In this case, and for the purposes of the national vaccination strategy against the SARS-CoV-2 virus, it is already, for the moment, a percentage of vaccine wastage lower than what we have had. Virtually all of the doses dispensed at that time are applied and reach those who need them.», Indicated José Luis Alomía, national director of epidemiology.

In addition to this, he underlined the important advance of the vaccination day. “The line remains diagonal, trending upward and with very good speed.”

The official clarified that the 20% of the population over 18 have already benefited from protectionOf this total, 11,784,494 have the full regimen and 6,385,827 with a single dose.

33,469,715 doses of the vaccine arrived in Mexico to prevent infection against SARS-CoV-2, of which 13,365,105 correspond to Pfizer-BioNTech, 6,059,300 to AstraZeneca, 7 million to SinoVac, 2,400,000 to Sputnik V and 4,645,310 to CansinoBio.

“By recalling that we have five brands of vaccines across the country, which is the result of the efforts made by the government to have the availability at the time and in this way that the vaccine can reach each of the federative entities as quickly as possible. possible. Fortunately, the vaccine has arrived, it has arrived in the country “

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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