During the first day of vaccination, 30,332 adults received doses against COVID-19

Mexico City head of government Claudia Sheinbaum reported on Monday evening that, During the first day of vaccination, 30,332 elderly people received the dose against COVID-19.

According to information from the government of the capital, with a deadline of February 15, 9,808 people were vaccinated in the town hall of Cuajimalpa; in Magdalena Contreras they were 15,326 and in Milpa Alta they were 5,198.

Regarding the 67-year-old woman who had fainting due to the onset of an anaphylactic reaction, The president explained that she had been transferred to a hospital and had already been released.

On Monday morning, Sheinbaum explained that the planning to start the day in these three demarcations is due to the fact that the sufficient supply for the second dose of the vaccine, which in this case is Astra-Zeneca.

Regarding the goal for this Monday, the UNAM graduate explained that it is planned to inject the first dose at 35,000 citizens. He also mentioned that they have around 10,000 effective applications and that if the target is not met extraordinary steps could be taken to ensure it is met.

In this sense, he added, that it is possible to extend the vaccination day to Saturdays and Sundays, because he recognized that there was a delay in certain vaccination modules; however, felt this could be resolved today.

“The day should apply from Monday to Friday; however, if necessary, it is planned to open modules on Saturday and Sunday ”, he expressed at the press conference.

CURRENT PANORAMA

This Monday, February 15, 174,657 were registered cumulative deaths from COVID-19. However, in the past 24 hours, 450 deaths have been added to the national statistics.

José Luis Alomía, national director of epidemiology, indicated that it is estimated that 56,691 (3%) patients experienced symptoms in the past 14 days, which represents people who may contribute to the transmission of the virus.

From week 4 to week 5 of 2021, a 26% decrease in estimated cases (sum of confirmed and suspected infections) at national level, including 2,189,873 until Monday. Likewise, 1,555,923 people have recovered from the disease.

“The decline that we had already observed for three consecutive weeks extends again until a fourth week. Interesting because the reduction between weeks 4 and 5 continues to be significant, i.e. has a fairly relevant magnitude, similar to the one we observed in previous weeks ”, underlined the specialist.

According to the Serious Acute Respiratory Infections Network (SARI), there are 20176 general beds available Yes 13 956 busy. With fan, a 6529 patients can access before the 4,395 that are saturated.

The entity with the highest occupancy rate of general hospital beds and ventilators is Mexico City, with saturation of 71 and 66%, respectively.

To care for patients in critical situations due to COVID-19, Tlaxcala has an availability of 42%, the State of Mexico with 46%, Nuevo León with 50%, Morelos with 52% and Oaxaca with 53%.

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