The Ministry of Health presented its daily report on the progress of the pandemic in the country, in which it detailed that the number of accumulated COVID-19 infections amounted to 1,377,217 and the number of deaths to 122,026; nthe regardless, In the last 24 hours, 4,974 cases and 189 deaths were reported.
It is worth mentioning that, because of the Christmas holidays, yesterday the evening conference on the progress of the pandemic in Mexico was not held from the National Palace.
However, through the official account of the Ssa, it was reported that to date there are 1,732,238 accumulated negative cases and a total of 3,511,534 people studied from the first case.
Also that at the moment there is 61,881 active cases of the disease; that is, patients who began with symptoms of coronavirus in the last 14 days (December 13 to 26) and that if they are not confined and comply with all health measures, could potentially contribute to the transmission of the virus.
In that sense, Mexico City is the entity with the highest number of active cases, followed by State of Mexico, then Guanajuato, Nuevo León, Jalisco, Tabasco, Coahuila, Querétaro, Puebla and Hidalgo; together they account for more than two thirds (83%) of the active cases in the country.
By contrast, Chiapas and Campeche These are the states that concentrate the least amount of active cases, 97 and 49, respectively, one of the indicators that allows them to be on a green epidemiological traffic light.
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While in yellow only three entities and three municipalities of Guerrero: Veracruz, Tamaulipas, Sinaloa; Zihuatanejo, Chilpancingo and Acapulco.
In high risk orange are 23 states; However, there are six that could turn red in the coming days: Sonora, Zacatecas, Aguascalientes, Hidalgo, Guanajuato and Querétaro, which could add to Morelos, Baja California, Edomex and CDMX they are on high alert.
However, it should not be forgotten that the first 10 entities that accumulate the highest number of cases are the Mexico City, State of Mexico, Nuevo León, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Sonora, Coahuila, Puebla, Tabasco and Veracruz.
As for deaths, until yesterday there are 17,275 suspected deaths from COVID-19 which include the slopes by laboratory (n = 3,374) and those that are in the process of association- clinical-epidemiological judgment (n = 13,901) in SISVER.
Furthermore, the distribution by sex in confirmed deaths shows a predominance of 63% in men. The median age of deaths is 64 years.
While the Mexico City, the State of Mexico, Veracruz, Jalisco, Puebla, Baja California, Guanajuato, Nuevo León, Chihuahua and Sinaloa they are ranked as the 10 entities that have registered the highest number of deaths and that together represent more than half (62.3%) of all those in the country.
Regarding hospital occupancy and availability at the national level, the last update made by the SARI Network (December 24) reported that there are 29,480 general beds, of which 14,036 (48%) are already occupied and 15,444 (52%) available.
In this area, the Mexico City and the State of Mexico they are the entities with the highest percentage of beds being used, with 86% and 78%, respectively.
While of the 10,275 beds with fans, 4,256 (41%) are employed and 6,019 (59%) available. Here the Mexico City and Baja California they appear as the states with the highest occupancy rate, with 79 and 71%, respectively.
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