Coronavirus in Mexico on July 19: In the last 24 hours there have been 5,307 infections and 138 deaths

The Health Secretary (In) has released the most important data on the coronavirus outbreak in Mexico. Through a daily technical statement, he indicated that this Monday, July 19, 138 deaths and 5,307 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in the country.

With these numbers accumulate 2,664,444 infections and 236,469 deaths caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus on a national level. In addition to this, 449,298 suspected cases have been reported, 4,847,197 negative, 79,445 estimated assets and 7,960,939 people studied since the start of the health contingency.

Based on the demographics of the outbreak, confirmed cases show predominance among men, with 50.1%. Meanwhile, the overall median age is 42.

By place of residence, Mexico City (733,303), State of Mexico (272,431), Guanajuato (135,133), Nuevo León (133,131), Jalisco (94,688), Puebla (88,108), Sonora (83,995), Tabasco (82,378) , Veracruz (72 134) and Querétaro (71 523) These are the states that concentrate the greatest number of accumulated infections, with 66% of the total.

For people who have exhibited symptoms of coronavirus in the past 14 days, Mexico City also ranks first, with 26,889 active casesIt is followed by the State of Mexico, with 7,032; Sinaloa, with 3,602; Jalisco, with 3,540; Nuevo León, with 3,515; Veracruz, with 3,235; Quintana Roo, with 2828; Tabasco, with 2,345; and Baja California Sur, with 2,089.

On the other hand, it is estimated that there are 2,853,806 infections of the disease in Mexico. In addition, there are over thousands of suspicious deaths (12,274) which could be added to the total in the coming hours. They also counted 2,095,953 patients restored.

Concerning the distribution by sex and age of deaths caused by COVID-19, a 62% predominantly male. The average age of death from the coronavirus is 64.

In this area, the Mexico in the lead with 45,901 deaths, then there is the State of Mexico (28,311), Jalisco (12,734), Puebla (12,453), Guanajuato (11,078), Veracruz (10,196, Nuevo León (9,958), Baja California (8,691 ), Chihuahua (7,602) and Sonora (6,957). The group of entities cited accounts for more than half (64.7%) of deaths nationwide.

Worldwide, confirmed COVID-19 infections as of July 19 amount to 190 597 409. In addition, the the global death rate was 2.2%, since the coronavirus pandemic has caused the deaths of 4,093,145 people worldwide.

“To date, cases have been reported in 223 countries, territories and areas, cases have been reported in six WHO regions (America, Europe, South-East Asia, Eastern Mediterranean, Western Pacific and Africa)” , detailed the health agency.

The Under-Secretary for Prevention and Promotion of Health, Hugo lopez gatetell, reported on Monday that they arrived at Mexico City International Airport 585,000 doses of the biologic produced by Pfizer-BioNTech.

With this figure, the country has accumulated an availability of 74 284 175 antigens authorized by the Federal Commission for the protection against health risks (Cofepris).

“Today, 585,000 doses of Pfizer BioNTech have arrived in Mexico City. To this shipment, the country adds a total availability of 74 million 284 thousand 175 doses of vaccines authorized by @COFEPRIS “

Meanwhile, the COVID-19 epidemiological risk semaphore remains in effect in Mexico. This mechanism is used as indicator for both governments and civil society to measure the level of exposure to the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Thus, despite the fact that the health authority ensures that the country is experiencing a new rebound in coronavirus cases, early vaccination offers favorable conditions compared to increases observed in previous months.

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