The COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico has left a balance of 301,410 deaths and 4,368,314 infections, according to the latest report from the Ministry of Health. According to figures from the federal health authority, in the last 24 hours there have been 19,132 new cases and 76 deaths from coronavirus.
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According to the Ministry of Health, there are 615,481 suspected cases of COVID in the country; 8 million 156,244 people have tested negative and there are an estimated 306,389 active cases.
The incidence rate of accumulated cases is 3,357.2 per 100,000 inhabitants, while the distribution by sex, in confirmed deaths, shows a male predominance of 62%. The median age overall is 64 years. The entities with the most infections are Mexico City, State of Mexico, Nuevo León, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Tabasco, Sonora, Puebla, Veracruz and San Luis Potosí. Together they make up 65% of all accumulated cases in the country. In addition, there are 615,481 suspected cases of COVID in the country; as well as a total of 8,156,244 who tested negative and it is estimated that there are 306,389 active at this time. Until January 14, 2022, 318 million 648,834 infections (3 million 120,435 new cases) and 5 million 518,343 deaths (7,942 new deaths) are reported worldwide. The global lethality is 1.7%.
The Ministry of Health reported that until January 15 the availability of general beds is 71% and 83% of beds with mechanical ventilators. The occupation of beds for the care of this disease was reduced by 82 percent, in relation to the highest point of the second epidemic wave in January 2021, according to official figures. “Epidemiological week 52 closes with a 211 percent increase in the number of estimated cases compared to the previous week. In the last 14 days, 314 thousand 065 people presented signs and symptoms; who consider active cases and represent 6.8 percent of the total since the start of the health emergency,” added the agency. Due to the rise in COVID-19 infections and the presence of the South African variant Omicron, 12 states of the Republic decided to postpone their return to face-to-face classes and maintain the remote or virtual modality.
